Expect to Vaccinate More Adults Against Shingles and Hep B

You'll see changes to which adults should get shingles and hepatitis B vaccines...based on CDC's 2022 immunization schedule.

Shingles. Continue to give Shingrix recombinant zoster vaccine to adults age 50 and up.

Now also recommend it for most immunocompromised adults 19 and up. More studies suggest that Shingrix is effective in these patients...without increasing risks, such as autoimmune disease flares.

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