The shingles virus is often associated with painful rashes and nerve discomfort, but recent research suggests getting ...

A rare policy quirk in Wales offered scientists an accidental natural experiment—and what they found could reshape how we ...

A surprising public health policy in Wales has provided strong evidence that a vaccine could reduce the risk of dementia. In ...

Analysis of a Welsh program offering live-attenuated shingles vaccines to people born after a certain date showed a 20 percent relative drop in dementia risk.

Caused by the same virus behind chickenpox, shingles is a painful nerve root infection resulting in a skin rash. What does the shingles rash looks like? Who’s at risk? And who needs the shingles ...

Shingles of any type is believed to affect around 1 in 3 people in their lifetime and it’s estimated that up to 1 million new ...

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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are plagued by persistent rashes, unusual allergies and a variety of ...

The shingles vaccine can do more than protect seniors from painful, blistering rashes. It also appears to protect older folks ...

At present, Shingrix is used to prevent herpes zoster (shingles), a painful skin rash caused by the varicella-zoster virus.

A recent study led by Stanford Medicine has found evidence suggesting that the shingles vaccine may reduce the risk of ...

If you’re reducing risk of dementia 20%, that’s quite important in a public health context, says Oxford University researcher ...