The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now recommending that all adults age 60 and older receive a dose of the zoster vaccine (Zostavax), even if they have had shingles previously.
MMWR 2008
In subjects age 60 and older, use of Zostavax was found to reduce the overall occurrence of herpes zoster by roughly 50%.
For people in their 60s, the risk reduction was 64%.
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