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May 26, 2006

New Shingles Vaccine Approved by FDA

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a vaccine for shingles called Zostavax. It is made by Merck & Co. Inc, and is only for adults who previously have had chickenpox. Shingles, also called herpes zoster, strikes when the chickenpox virus reactivates and resumes reproducing after lying dormant for decades in nerve cells in the body. (MSNBC)

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