{"id":29126,"date":"2026-02-26T12:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=29126"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:45:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:45:06","slug":"article70675431-ece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=29126","title":{"rendered":"Shingles burden underestimated in India, experts call for life-course vaccination strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though often dismissed as a skin rash, shingles can lead to chronic nerve pain, vision loss and neurological complications, yet experts say India continues to underestimate its true burden, particularly among older adults and those living with chronic illnesses.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>Source:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/shingles-burden-underestimated-in-india-experts-call-for-life-course-vaccination-strategy\/article70675431.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nwww.thehindu.com<br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666;\">\n<strong>Medical Disclaimer:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis content is shared for informational and educational purposes only.<br \/>\nIt does not constitute medical, legal, or policy advice.<br \/>\nHealthcare decisions should always be made in consultation with qualified professionals.\n<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though often dismissed as a skin rash, shingles can lead to chronic nerve pain, vision loss and neurological complications, yet experts say India continues to underestimate its true burden, particularly among older adults and those living with chronic illnesses. Source: www.thehindu.com Medical Disclaimer: This content is shared for informational and educational purposes only. It does [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1747],"tags":[14912,10569,11387,2403,19623,16233,14668,19622,8412],"class_list":["post-29126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness-lifestyle","tag-burden","tag-call","tag-experts","tag-india","tag-lifecourse","tag-shingles","tag-strategy","tag-underestimated","tag-vaccination"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29126"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29128,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29126\/revisions\/29128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}