People with heart disease who received a shingles vaccine had nearly half the rate of serious cardiac events a year later compared with those who did not get the vaccine, according to a study ...

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Shingles vaccination may halve the one-year risk of serious cardiac events among older adults who have heart disease, adding to accumulating evidence that the vaccine may protect against health ...

A research letter published yesterday in JAMA Pediatrics suggests that while most teens seen in Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) primary care clinics completed the human papillomavirus (HPV) ...

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People with heart disease who received a shingles vaccine had nearly half the rate of serious cardiac events a year later compared with those who did not get the vaccine, according to a study being ...