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The US switch in shingles vaccines revealed an unexpected heart health pattern - News-Medical

Published by News-Medical.Net By Pooja Toshniwal Paharia · 28 August 2026 at 06:21
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The US switch in shingles vaccines revealed an unexpected heart health pattern - News-Medical
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In a natural experiment involving 72,920 propensity-matched US adults aged 60 years and older, recombinant shingles vaccination was associated with a 9% lower cardiovascular disease burden over seven years compared with the live attenuated vaccine. Lower burd…

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