Two new studies suggest that getting a vaccine to protect against a painful case of shingles may be beneficial for memory, too.

A surprising public health policy in Wales may have revealed powerful evidence that the shingles vaccine could help reduce ...

It’s fairly common for a medical treatment to cause side effects: think headache, upset stomach, sleepiness, and occasionally more severe side effects. Far more rarely, a side effect provides an ...

Not everyone who had chickenpox will develop shingles. The illness typically develops in adults 50 and older with weakened ...

Adults who received the recombinant shingles vaccine Shingrix or the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine Arexvy — both of which contain the AS01 adjuvant — had a lower risk for dementia ...

The new paper reports that HZ vaccination eligibility decreased the probability of a new dementia diagnosis during the follow-up period of 7.4 years by 1.8 percentage points. According to the authors, ...

This wasn't an isolated finding. Another study of more than 300,000 adults found that among those 70 and older, dementia was less common in those who had received the shingles vaccination.

The varicella-zoster virus—which causes varicella (chickenpox) in childhood and zoster (shingles) after lying dormant in nerve cells and re-activating later in life—is one virus that scientists have ...

A new study suggests the shingles vaccine may reduce dementia risk by 20%, providing added benefits along with over 90% effectiveness against shingles and its complications.

A recent study suggests that certain immunizations may unexpectedly protect against cognitive decline, potentially reducing ...

A study of over 280,000 adults found that the shingles vaccine reduced dementia risk by 20%, with a stronger effect in women.