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You can only get shingles if you’ve had chicken pox in the past, Thomas Russo, MD, professor and chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University at Buffalo’s medical school, tells SELF.

Shingles is caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chicken pox, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Dear Dr. Roach: A few months ago, you wrote about the benefits of the shingles vaccine. At 63, I’m one of the 1% who has never had, nor been exposed to, chicken pox. I was tested in 2022 for ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: A few months ago, you wrote about the benefits of the shingles vaccine. At 63, I’m one of the 1% who has never had, nor been exposed to, chicken pox. I was tested in 2022 for ...

Dear Dr. Roach: A few months ago, you wrote about the benefits of the shingles vaccine. At 63, I’m one of the 1% who has never had, nor been exposed to, chicken pox.