A routine vaccination recommended for adults over 50 might be doing double duty in protecting our health. Recent research ...

A large quasi-experimental study in Australia found that adults eligible for free shingles vaccination based on their date of ...

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The risk of shingles-related blindness increases with age, but a more effective vaccine is now available for those 50 and older.

Mounting evidence suggests that vaccination against the varicella zoster virus—which causes chickenpox in children and ...

A new study is part of a growing body of evidence that vaccination against shingles—and potentially other infections—can be protective against developing dementia. While there is currently no ...

A vaccine designed to help protect you from an extremely painful viral infection has another important benefit. A new study ...