The shingles vaccine is really good at preventing shingles. But new research suggests it may also be really good at preventing other ailments, like dementia and cardiovascular disease.

A shingles shot might do more than prevent a painful rash — it could actually help slow down the aging process. In a large national study of more than 3,800 Americans age 70 and older, those who ...

A herpes zoster vaccine is safe in adults with autoimmune rheumatic disease and elicits a strong immune response, but responses are weaker in those on rituximab or mycophenolate, per a phase 4 study.

Shingles took down 26-year-old Tyrese Haliburton. Rules effectively ban young adults from getting the vaccine that prevents this debilitating illness.

The shingles vaccine not only offers protection against the painful viral infection, a new study suggests that the two-dose shot also may slow the progression of dementia. Shingles, caused by the ...

We’ve spent billions chasing a dementia cure, only to hit one dead end after another. However, sometimes progress comes from ...

The shingles vaccine could, at a stretch, be labelled an accidental blockbuster. It does its intended job of fending off the varicella-zoster virus, which causes both chickenpox and shingles, but a ...

In a recent study led by Stanford Medicine, researchers found that older adults who received a shingles vaccine were 20% less likely to develop dementia in the next seven years compared to those who ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’re over age 50 or have a suppressed immune system, you may have heard your doctor recommend the shingles vaccine. But what ...

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