Speaking before Congress, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. misleadingly claimed that Europe doesn’t ...

When it comes to whether acyclovir needs to be stopped, I assume your doctor was thinking of the old shingles vaccine, ...

Studies suggest that the shingles vaccine may help reduce the risk of dementia, especially in older adults. With no cure for ...

Vaccines seem like an improbable way to reduce the risk of developing dementia. And yet the research has been accumulating to ...

Shingles is a painful rash which occurs in someone who has previously had chickenpox. Ever since your mother had chickenpox the Varicella Zoster virus which caused it has laid silently in the ...

Shingles is not just about painful rashes – it can also increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes, especially for older ...

A new study highlights a perhaps unexpected way to reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease: getting vaccinated against ...

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier John Hogan announced Thursday that the province will offer the shingles vaccine to ...

A study of more than one million people found the shingles vaccine may lower the risk of heart disease and stroke for up to ...

A Welsh health policy provided a rare opportunity for researchers to examine the vaccine's real-life impact on dementia risk.

The highly common herpes strain, also called varicella-zoster virus (VZV), can cause chickenpox in childhood and later develop into shingles in older or immuno-compromised adults. The shingles ...