Lucia Rose, PharmD

When children miss routine vaccinations, it poses a major public health threat for increased outbreaks of preventable diseases.

Counseling pearls and considerations for the shingles vaccine, such as navigating insurance coverage, managing adverse events, and handling a missed dose in the series, are discussed.

Many measures that were concomitantly being instituted across the country to curtail the spread of COVID-19 also decreased the spread of the influenza virus.