A large quasi-experimental study in Australia found that adults eligible for free shingles vaccination based on their date of ...

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Zostavax and Shingrix are linked to protection for older adults in multiple studies.

This color-enhanced Transmission Electron Micrograph (TEM) shows the varicella zoster virus (VZV), a virus in the Herpesviridae family that causes chickenpox in children and shingles (herpes ...

In the new study, the Italian researchers recruited 132,986 adults aged 50 and older - 12,000 of who were hospitalised with a ...

Evidence shows that vaccines of shingles, even influenza and tuberculosis, can lower the incidence of the disease ...

Dementia is one of the most feared conditions of old age with few effective treatments and no cure. Almost 950,000 people ...

The shingles vaccine could do double duty as a protector against both infections and dementia, according to a new study.

A Stanford-led study, whose results have been published in Nature, has found evidence that the shingles vaccine leads to a reduced risk of dementia.

While severe pain and burning are typical symptoms, tingling and buzzing sensations, along with numbness, can also be early ...

We also know that both shingles and dementia are more common in women than in men.” Shingles is caused by varicella-zoster, the same virus that causes chicken pox. After people contract chicken ...

The opposition member for Baie Verte-White Bay says government missed an opportunity by not extending free shingles vaccine ...