10/4/2026
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Childhood Chickenpox Shots May Be Slashing Shingles Cases Decades Later—by Quite a Bit

Filed by Dana Graviton
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?
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