Shingles Vaccine Available to Tricare Beneficiaries Age 60 and Older

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Date: 11/13/2007 3:13:34 PM Eastern Standard Time
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November 13, 2007

Shingles Vaccine Available to TRICARE Beneficiaries Age 60 and Older

FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Following a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) recommendation on October 19, 2007, TRICARE now covers Zostavax, the
vaccine designed to prevent shingles for beneficiaries 60 and older.

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http://www.tricare.mil/pressroom/news.aspx?fid=345



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