Shingles can hit younger than you think. The vaccine can prevent the painful illness

by Ashley Milne-Tyte NPR

(NPR) Chad Bernhard knows the pain of shingles firsthand.

The New York City-based audio instructor was in his mid-30s when he noticed a rash on the left side of his body and around part of his chest and his back.

It itched, and it wasn’t long before the itching turned into a sharp, stabbing pain, “kind of like the whole side of your body was being stung by hornets, continuously,” he…