How to prevent shingles and what to do if you get it
By Hallie Levine
January 15, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. EST
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Chickenpox may be fairly rare these days, thanks to the vaccine introduced for it in 1995. But if you’re one of the millions of Americans who had chickenpox in their youth, you probably know it can come back to haunt you many years later, in the form of shingles, which causes a blistery rash but can have more serious effects.