Older adults have an increased risk for many preventable diseases. Recommended immunizations include seasonal flu/influenza vaccines, the Td or Tdap vaccine (tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) and the shingles vaccine.
Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. Monkeypox symptoms are similar to smallpox symptoms, but milder, and monkeypox is rarely fatal.
