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What You Need to Know About Vaccines After 50

EN ESPAÑOL | Your guide to all the routine shots that keep serious respiratory illnesses at bay, plus a few other important vaccines that help keep adults 50 and older healthy as they age.

Vaccines for Older Adults

Medications That Interact With the Flu Shot

Some drugs can make the vaccine less effective

Do You Need the RSV Vaccine This Fall?

The shot could help to keep you out of the hospital

What to Know About the Updated COVID Vaccines

New shots have been approved and will be available soon

Living With Long COVID and Its Debilitating Symptoms

Plus, how to reduce your risk for the lingering condition

What to Know About This Year's Flu Shot

It's time to start thinking about your fall vaccines

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Can Getting Vaccinated Lower Dementia Risk?

There’s growing evidence that getting your shots can lower dementia risk

These Are the 8 Vaccines You Need After 50

Are you up to date on all the recommended vaccines?

8 Medicine Cabinet Essentials for Cold and Flu Season

Keep these items on hand to identify and treat troubling symptoms

Government Reopens Free At-Home COVID Testing Program

Households can order four tests from the federal government

Will Medicare Pay For My Flu Shot?

No copayment, deductible needed for preventive benefit

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How to Get — and Pay for — the COVID Vaccine

People without insurance will face additional hurdles

5 Things to Know About the XEC Variant

Health experts have their eyes on a new strain of the coronavirus

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Time for Your Tdap Booster

With whooping cough (aka, pertussis) on the rise, make sure you’re up to date

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Why You Need the Shingles Vaccine When You Turn 50

The 2-shot series can help prevent serious complications

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Side Effects of COVID-19 Vaccines

Symptoms are no surprise to people fully vaccinated

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5 Reasons You Should Get a Pneumococcal Vaccine

Updated recommendations call for adults 50 and older to get the shot

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Why Older Adults Need a Second COVID Shot

CDC issues new vaccine recommendations

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Decongestants That Don’t Actually Work

Experts have deemed a common ingredient ineffective

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Do You Have a Cold? The Flu? COVID? Or RSV?

A few tricks for telling the illnesses apart

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