The U.S. is experiencing an outbreak of measles and is on track to have the most whooping cough cases since 1948; these ...

A vaccine for shingles may lower the risk of dementia, according to new research. A public health policy in Wales may have produced the strongest evidence yet that a jab can reduce the risk of ...

Dementia affects millions of people all over the world, and that number continues to increase every year. But while it may seem like the cognitive disease strikes indiscriminately, studies have ...

A sharp mark down the middle divided the people into two groups, those who were eligible for a shingles vaccine and those who weren’t. It fractured, perfectly, the gentle upslope. “It looked ...

Older people who received the vaccine for shingles had a 20% lower risk of dementia ... vaccine used at that time contained a weakened form of the virus, which is no longer manufactured by ...

WASHINGTON — A vaccine ... shingles patients suffer excruciating nerve pain months or even years after the rash itself is gone. It's not clear exactly how Alzheimer's and other types of dementia ...

A new study found shingles vaccinations cut older adults’ risk of developing dementia over the next seven years by 20%. Health officials are urging Americans 50 and older to get a newer vaccine ...