New Shingles Vaccine May Offer Improved Protection

[well.blogs.nytimes.com]

especially effective in older persons, it says. Older than whom, i ask.

PeggyM

Thanks, Peggy. Pretty impressive results.....from the article.....this is from following 15,000 people.

"Over three years, there were six confirmed cases of shingles in the vaccinated group and 210 among the placebo group. Over all, the vaccine was 97.2 percent effective, with no variation in efficacy by age. The currently used vaccine, Zostavax, made by Merck & Co., is 70 percent effective in people 50 to 59, 64 percent in those 60 to 69 and only 38 percent effective in those 70 and older."