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

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

In 2013, the Welsh government rolled out the varicella zoster vaccine to older adults. It was an expected measure but it came ...

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.

First, the shingles vaccines reduce the risk of reactivations of the varicella-zoster virus which causes chicken pox in childhood and remains dormant in nerve cells afterward. The virus can get ...

For children, the agency recommends vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV), which also protects against chickenpox. Two children have died in Texas amid an outbreak of the ...

Women at risk for Alzheimer’s and other causes of dementia may especially benefit from the vaccine, a new study finds.

The CDC recommends children receive two doses of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine, at 12 to 15 months and between ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Onondaga County has one of the highest measles vaccination rates in New York state. The county’s ...

Most of his colleagues at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference were in the main hall, listening to a ...