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5 Vaccines You Need After 50: These Shots Can Help Protect Against Illnesses as You Get Older

Closer shares five important vaccines that you should get after you turn 50, to help prevent illness as you get older, from the advice of medical experts.

However, older adults have a higher risk of developing severe symptoms if they are infected. Pneumococcal: “Pneumonia is a major cause of death in the U.S.,” point out experts at Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center. Influenza: According to the CDC: “Influenza vaccination prevents millions of illnesses and thousands of hospitalizations in adults aged 50 to 64.” Moreover, “about one-third of [these] adults have an underlying medical condition that puts them at higher risk for flu-related complications.”

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