Shingles and chicken pox are caused by the same virus, herpes zoster. After a chicken pox infection, the virus hides in some ...

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If you're over age 50 or have a suppressed immune system, you may have heard your doctor recommend the shingles vaccine. But ...

The shingles vaccine may offer a protective effect against developing dementia, as well as “therapeutic potential” for those ...

New research shows that shingles vaccination may not just reduce dementia risk but slow disease progression as well.

It's something no homeowner wants to deal with, but at some point, you're going to have to replace the roof's shingles.

Vaccines can protect us well beyond their intended role in remarkable and often unexpected ways, says Lisa Jarvis for Bloomberg Opinion.

If you’re in your 40s or older, you might have memories of having chickenpox—the once-common childhood virus was a rite of passage that usually involved a week of itchy fluid-filled blisters, lots of ...

Dec 24 (Reuters) - Sanofi (SASY.PA) said on Wednesday it will buy U.S. biotech Dynavax Technologies (DVAX.O) for around $2.2 ...

The list of potential benefits of the shingles vaccine continues to grow. Beyond protecting against the viral infection and resulting painful rash, the shot has also been linked to a reduced risk of ...

The shingles vaccine is intended to prevent shingles, a painful rash caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, also known as herpes zoster — but a new study suggests that it could have ...