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Shingles vaccination rates rose during the COVID-19 pandemic, but major gaps remain for underserved groups

  • Written by Jialing Lin, Research fellow in Health Systems, International Centre for Future Health Systems, UNSW Sydney
imageThe CDC recommends shingles vaccination for all adults age 50 and older.xavierarnau/E+ via Getty Images

Vaccination against shingles increased among adults age 50 and older in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic, but not equally across all population groups. That’s the key finding from a new study my colleagues and I published in the...

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