New research reveals the shingles vaccine may cut vascular dementia risk by half, offering unexpected brain protection beyond ...

Over nine in 10 people in Singapore aged 50 years or older carry the chickenpox virus that may reactivate as shingles. Read ...

The oldest sitting member of the Senate, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is recovering at home after a recent hospitalization secondary to the viral infection called shingles, according to multiple ...

Diabetes weakens the immune system, leaving individuals more vulnerable to shingles and its complications, says an expert.

Infectious disease researchers found the vaccine, used to prevent herpes zoster, or shingles, is also linked to lower risks ...

The shingles vaccine is intended to prevent a painful rash caused by the reactivation of a virus – but a new study suggests ...

The shingles vaccine also lowers the risk of heart disease, stroke, dementia and death for patients over the age of 50, researchers reported in a new study.

The first time I was diagnosed with shingles, I thought I was going crazy. I was young — in my late twenties — and thought only older people got shingles. The thought I might be breaking out in a ...

The shingles vaccine may help lower a person's risk for vascular dementia by 50% and cardiovascular events like blood clots, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) – Over 90% of the world population has the virus that causes chickenpox lying dormant in their nervous system. Most people contract the varicella zoster virus, or VZV, when they get ...

Shingles, also called herpes zoster, is an infection that causes a rash. A shingles rash can be painful and blistering, and it often occurs on one side of the body or face. There may also be ongoing ...

Over 90% of the world population has the virus that causes chickenpox lying dormant in their nervous system. Most people contract the varicella zoster virus, or VZV, when they get chickenpox as ...