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

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

Vaccines can protect us well beyond their intended role in remarkable and often unexpected ways, says Lisa Jarvis for ...

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

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

New research finds that the shingles vaccine could reduce the likelihood of developing dementia and may even slow the disease ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

The intense inflammation that accompanies shingles can harm the brain, researchers say. Vaccination may be able to prevent ...