* If you are age 65 or older, get a pneumococcal vaccine if you have never had one, or if it has been more than 5 years since you had the vaccine.

* You should get a flu shot each year.

* Get a tetanus-diphtheria booster every 10 years.

* You may get a shingles or herpes zoster vaccine after age 60.

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