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

The shingles vaccine could do double duty as a protector against both infections and dementia, according to a new study.

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

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.

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

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 ...

A second child in Texas has died from measles, one of the world's most contagious illnesses which was declared eliminated ...

One dose is 93% effective against the illness. The first dose of the vaccine, or the similar measles, mumps, rubella, and ...

However, someone who never had chickenpox or didn’t get the chickenpox vaccine can get the varicella-zoster virus through direct contact with a person who has shingles. An individual who has ...