Aussies who are classified as 'moderate to high risk' and are aged between 18 and 64 now qualify for the immunisation.
More than 200,000 Australians will now be eligible for a free shingles vaccinations, as the government expands their immunisation program.
About one in three people will develop shingles in their lifetime and nearly all adults aged 50 years and older carry the inactive virus that causes it. But the the risk of develo ...