Routine vaccinations offered to adults may help protect against dementia, recent research has shown.

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The shingles vaccine is intended to prevent shingles, a painful rash caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, also known as herpes zoster — but a new study suggests that it could have ...

You can prevent shingles through vaccination with the Shingrix vaccine. Shingrix is more than 90% effective in preventing shingles for people aged 50 years and older. If you have shingles symptoms, ...

The shingles vaccine not only offers protection against the painful viral infection, a new study suggests that the two-dose shot also may slow the progression of dementia. Shingles, caused by the ...

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Many people think shingles—a viral infection that causes a painful rash—is something only older people deal with, given that the risk generally increases with age. But Jacquelyn Gill, a professor at ...

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