LPT: People over 50 should get the new Shingrix shingles vaccination (even if you’ve had Zostavax or shingles)
LPT: People over 50 should get the new Shingrix shingles vaccination (even if you've had Zostavax or shingles) There is a vaccination for shingles called Shingrix available, which is more effective than the old Zostavax. The CDC recommends that everyone over 50 get the two-shot sequence of Shingrix. My health insurance covered the cost 100% with no co-pay; I think most if not all will. Shingles is a very painful infection of the nerves caused by the same...