…late 2015, the Irish government introduced new laws which paved the way for pharmacists to administer vaccines against pneumococcal disease and shingles. The move was…
…Adult catch-up campaigns were run for MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine and the Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis), herpes zoster (shingles). In 2015,…
…her organisation had campaigned for years for the right to give more vaccines. “Extending the vaccination service to include pneumococcal infection and shingles is an…
…many who already suffer from an underlying chronic disease, are also hit harder than others when they catch the flu, pneumonia or shingles so vaccination…
…the world but are years away from hitting their 75% target. Reason to hope Immunisation rates for pneumococcal disease, HPV, shingles and flu are also…
…any health facility without being vaccinated. They are powerful spreaders of the virus.” She added that awareness of pneumococcal vaccination and shingles vaccine is very…
…out of immunisation out of complacency: ‘Is it really worth having the flu or pneumococcal vaccine?’ ‘Am I really at risk of shingles?’ Real risks…
…associated with routine childhood immunisation, adults can have vaccines against a range of diseases such as influenza, pneumococcal disease, tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis, chickenpox and shingles, meningococcal disease,…
…year it was noted that adults and adolescents are vulnerable to several vaccine-preventable illnesses. For older people, influenza, pneumococcal disease and shingles are just some…
…with chronic diseases and for older people. But other vaccines are available to older people too, including vaccines against pneumococcal disease and shingles. *Check your…
…months replaced by a booster dose given during adolescence. The new schedule is not just for kids: from September 2013, a shingles vaccine will be…
…vaccine manufacturers which has seen the introduction in recent years of vaccines against cervical cancers, meningococcal disease, influenza, pneumococcal disease, rotavirus and shingles.Vaccines currently in…
…immune system deficiencies, the panel noted. With the varicella vaccine against chickenpox, some people can develop brain swelling, pneumonia, hepatitis, meningitis or shingles, but this…
The varicella zoster virus (VZV) – which causes chickenpox and shingles – has been preventable since the mid-1990s thanks to the widespread introduction of a…
