5 VACCINES YOU NEED AFTER 50

AS YOU GET OLDER, THESE SHOTS CAN HELP PROTECT AGAINST SERIOUS ILLNESS

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SHINGLES

“The first vaccine that comes to mind when people reach age 50 is against shingles,” says Dr. Julie Thai, a geriatrician at Stanford University’s Senior Care Clinic. A reactivation of chicken pox, “shingles is painful, and it’s one of those infections that just have these long-term effects [including] neuropathic pain that can last for years.”

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