Shingles Vaccine Program Update with Tasha Ramsey

The Chief Medical Officer of Health in NS has announced that Nova Scotians over 65 years of age will now be offering the publicly funded vaccine for shingles at no charge if they have a valid NS health card. Booking for this service has opened via CanImmunize as of May 20th with administration beginning May 28th. In this episode, PANS’ Suzanne Richards meets with Dr Tasha Ramsey, the Nova Scotia Health (NSH) Clinical Therapeutics and Prophylactics Lead for Emerging and Re-Emerging Infections to discuss the program and to chat about Shingles. They will discuss who is eligible for the vaccine, who is at highest risk for complications associated with having a shingles outbreak, why the vaccine is important and discuss eligibility for the public vs private supply. Tasha will provide answers to some frequent asked questions about shi ...