Viola Davis Talks About Shingles Pain and Healthy Aging
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Viola Davis is a famous actress. She says she had shingles. Shingles is a sickness that causes pain on the skin. Davis said the pain was very bad. She called it 'debilitating pain.' This means the pain was so strong she could not do normal things.
Davis is now working with a company called GSK. GSK makes medicine. Davis and GSK want to help people learn about shingles. They want adults over 50 to know about this sickness. Adults over 50 can get shingles more easily.
Davis also talked about aging. Aging means getting older. She shared what she thinks is the key to aging beautifully. She wants to help other people stay healthy as they get older.
Vocabulary15 words
- shingles
- a sickness that causes pain and marks on the skin
- GSK
- a big company that makes medicine
- aging
- getting older
- debilitating
- making someone very weak
- diagnosed
- told by a doctor what sickness you have
- awareness
- knowing about something important
- campaign
- a plan to tell people about something
- adults
- grown-up people
- actress
- a woman who acts in movies or shows
- condition
- a health problem
- famous
- known by many people
- pain
- a bad feeling in the body
- healthy
- having good health
- company
- a business
- medicine
- something used to treat sickness
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1. Shingles 2. Debilitating 3. GSK
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Viola Davis is a famous _____.
She says she had _____.
Davis said the pain was very _____.
She called it '_____ pain.'
Davis is now working with a company called _____.
GSK makes _____.
They want adults over _____ to know about this sickness.
Adults over 50 can get shingles more _____.
Davis also talked about _____.
She wants to help other people stay _____ as they get older.
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