Globe

Running out of shingles vaccine!

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SHINGLES sufferers who’ve put off getting the two-shot Shingrix vaccine could be out of luck. Bigwigs at the Centers for Disease Control say there’s a nationwide shortage of the Medicareco­vered shots that could last all of this year.

The problem is, the ultra-effective vaccine, which beats the painful burning rash, takes six to nine months to make. Drugmaker GlaxoSmith­Kline says it still has not caught up to the “unpreceden­ted demand” for the shots.

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