Shingles and chicken pox are caused by the same virus, herpes zoster. After a chicken pox infection, the virus hides in some ...

But new research suggests that a vaccine designed to protect you from shingles may have an unexpected hidden perk: It could ...

The shingles vaccine not only offers protection against the painful viral infection, but a new study suggests that the ...

A new study suggests the shingles vaccine may lower the likelihood of developing dementia as well as slow its progression in ...

New research shows that shingles vaccination may not just reduce dementia risk but slow disease progression as well.

Population data showing roughly a 20% drop in dementia diagnoses among shingles-vaccinated groups highlights a striking new ...

New research finds the shingles vaccine can potentially provide broad protection against dementia. The same vaccine that ...

ANSWER: Yes, you can develop shingles. The only chicken pox vaccine licensed is a live, weakened strain of the chicken pox. It is less likely to lead to shingles than the live, strong strain that your ...

An unusual public health policy in Wales may have produced the strongest evidence yet that a vaccine can reduce the risk of ...

Shingles vaccine may help prevent or slow dementia. An unusual public health policy in Wales may offer the strongest evidence so far that a vaccine can lower dementia risk. In a new study led by ...

RZV offers substantial clinical and economic benefits but has low uptake among adults aged 50 and older compared to other vaccines. By 2020, only 10.8% of adults aged 50 and older had completed both ...

A relatively mundane middle-aged rite of passage — shingles vaccination — might offer an added benefit: protection against, ...