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When will the new shingles vaccine be available to the public?

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bottles of vaccines. Andrii Zastrozhnov/Getty Images. A new shingles vaccine is now available in pharmacies and from physicians. read more

But the new vaccine protects nearly as well in older groups as in the middle-aged. Shingrix racked up a 97 percent effectiveness rate in adults over age 50 and, in a separate study of people over age 70, prevented 90 percent of shingles in those 70 to well past age 80. read more

Like every vaccine, Shingrix has the potential for side effects, although so far, none seem particularly worrisome. The new shingles vaccine does appear to be more likely to cause pain during injection and at the site of injection for up to three days afterward than Zostavax does. read more

If the CDC adopts the panel's recommendation, Shingrix will supplant the only other shingles vaccine available, the single-dose Merck product Zostavax."The new shingles vaccine represents a major step forward," said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior associate with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in Baltimore. read more

* It provides better protection against shingles from the start. Though Zostavax, introduced in 2006, can reduce shingles cases by about half (and postherpetic neuralgia by two-thirds), that overall rate conceals big differences by age. read more

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