Shingles Plummets Among Younger Adults but Is Mysteriously Rising in Another Group

Shingles Cases Dropping Among Younger Adults - Regional Media News

(Wilmington, DE) - A new study says the chickenpox vaccine may protect against shingles. Anyone who had chickenpox as a child is at risk for developing shingles, a painful, blistering rash that usually appears on one side of the body. New data shows a sharp [...]

Shingles plummets among younger adults but is mysteriously rising in another group

Shingles is dropping among people who got chickenpox shots but mysteriously rising in people 35 and older, new research shows.

Childhood Chickenpox Shots May Be Slashing Shingles Cases Decades Later—by Quite a Bit

A massive study of over 85 million U.S. medical records has confirmed that childhood vaccinations against chickenpox lowers your risk of shingles. Who could have known this?

Chickenpox Shot Tied to Big Drop in Shingles for This Group

Young adults who great up with the chickenpox shot are now seeing a payoff: feeder cases of shingles. A new analysis of electronic health records from more than 85 million US patients find shingles rates have dropped notably in people under 35, the first cohort ideally vaccinated against chickenpox since...

Shingles cases dropping among people who got chickenpox vaccine, data shows

Shingles is dropping among people who got chickenpox shots but mysteriously rising in people 35 and older, new research shows.