Many people aren’t benefiting from the shingles vaccine now. Not only can it prevent shingles — it also may protect the brain ...

Wales' vaccination program policy created natural experiment for U.S. research team, which found 20% reduction in dementia.

Taking advantage of a unique public health policy in the UK, a new study has found that receiving the shingles vaccine ...

A new study is part of a growing body of evidence that vaccination against shingles—and potentially other infections—can be ...

What if one of the most effective tools we have against dementia has been sitting quietly in our medical arsenal all along?

A large natural experiment shows that the herpes zoster vaccine reduces dementia diagnoses by 20% over seven years. The ...

But at least from a medical perspective, it doesn't really matter. The vaccine is highly effective at preventing severe cases ...

The shingles vaccine may have a protective effect against dementia, write doctors Christopher Worsham and Anupam Jena.

New research suggests that the shingles vaccine could lower your risk of developing dementia. Here's what the study says and ...

Natural killer cell deficiency should be considered in patients susceptible to herpes virus or papillomavirus with persistently decreased NK cell function.