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

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

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

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

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

A growing body of research suggests that it may have protective effects that extend to other diseases.

Research has shown that the vaccine may reduce dementia risk. Now a study has found that vaccinated individuals are almost 30 ...

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 ...

An unusual public health policy in Wales may have produced the strongest evidence yet that a vaccine can reduce the risk of ...

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

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 ...

A relatively mundane middle-aged rite of passage — shingles vaccination — might offer an added benefit: protection against, ...