3 things you can do about shingles
Pretty much 100% of older Americans have had chickenpox. They might have had mild cases they didn't recognize. That puts us all at risk for shingles, a serious adult condition caused by the same virus, known as varicella-zoster. Prior to the availability of a vaccine, about a third of people over 60 got shingles, and half of people 85 or older had already had an attack.
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