Shingles Vaccine Drastically Cuts Risk of Serious Cardiac Events

WASHINGTON (Mar 17, 2026)

People with heart disease who received a shingles vaccine had nearly half the rate of serious cardiac events a year later compared with those who did not get the vaccine, according to a study being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session (ACC.26)…

https://www.acc.org/about-acc/press-releases/2026/03/16/19/33/shingles-vaccine-drastically-cuts-risk-of-serious-cardiac-events

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Without a randomized trial I think there’s residual confounding. Doesn’t mean you shouldn’t get the vaccine. All of the vaccine association studies feel like this to me. But they’re still good.