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Why should older people get the shingles vaccine?

Posted by: Catherine Heffernan, Posted on: 27 July 2015 - Categories: Health Protection, London Region

A few years ago I took my three year old son on a steam train.  At the start of the trip he was subdued, by the end he was covered in spots; ‘The Train Spotted Me’, he wailed. His nursery …

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Why vaccinate?

Posted by: Joanne Yarwood, Posted on: 1 May 2014 - Categories: Health Protection, Immunisation and vaccination, Protecting the country's health

...sign of the condition is a tingling sensation in the affected area, followed by pain and then a rash, usually on the chest. It mainly affects older adults as you...

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