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

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

Who should get it? Wen: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends two doses of the recombinant zoster vaccine, called Shingrix, for adults 50 and older . This age recommendation ...

Shingles is an infection of the nerves and skin, caused by the herpes varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes ...

According to a study of more than 280,000 retirees in Wales, those who received a shingles vaccine after turning 80 were 20 ...

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

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