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Duke Health: Shingles Vaccine Safely Prevents Outbreaks Among Stem Cell Transplant Patients
July 10, 2019
DURHAM, North Carolina, July 10 -- Duke Health issued the following news release:

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- The study could offer hope to others with severely compromised immune systems

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A newer form of shingles vaccine reduced outbreaks of the painful rash among patients who were transplanted with their own stem cells, according to a study led by a Duke Health researcher and published July 9 in JAMA.

The vaccine appears to offer protection fr . . .

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