A large quasi-experimental study in Australia found that adults eligible for free shingles vaccination based on their date of ...

Many people aren’t benefiting from the shingles vaccine now. Not only can it prevent shingles — it also may protect the brain ...

Analysis of a Welsh program offering live-attenuated shingles vaccines to people born after a certain date showed a 20 percent relative drop in dementia risk.

CNN: What vaccine is recommended to prevent shingles? Who should get it? Wen: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends two doses of the recombinant zoster vaccine, called ...

A recent study found that people who received Zostavax, a older shingles vaccine, had a lower risk of developing dementia.

It makes sense to include routine adult vaccinations to our list of preventative measures, not only for prevention of common ...

The shingles vaccine, typically administered to fend off a painful rash, might pack an unexpected benefit by delaying or even ...

The vaccine for varicella-zoster virus, commonly known as shingles, could do far more than just protecting people from a rash ...