A new study is part of a growing body of evidence that vaccination against shingles—and potentially other infections—can be ...

Questions are answered by experts at the Oregon Health Authority, other state agencies or community partners. Questions and ...

The shingles virus is often associated with painful rashes and nerve discomfort, but recent research suggests getting ...

Taking advantage of a unique public health policy in the UK, a new study has found that receiving the shingles vaccine ...

They compared people born before and after they were eligible to take the shingles vaccine in a certain part of the UK, ...

Seniors who received the vaccine for shingles had a 20% lower risk of dementia, say Stanford researchers who called the ...

For decades, researchers have searched for a way to slow or prevent dementia. Despite countless studies, solutions remain ...

A large natural experiment shows that the herpes zoster vaccine reduces dementia diagnoses by 20% over seven years. The ...

But at least from a medical perspective, it doesn't really matter. The vaccine is highly effective at preventing severe cases ...

The shingles vaccine may have a protective effect against dementia, write doctors Christopher Worsham and Anupam Jena.

A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one – shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to ...

With new dementia cases expected to double in the United States by 2060, the therapy could be a difference maker. But ...