Key Takeaways The shingles vaccine can help heart disease patients avoid heart attack and strokePatients who got the vaccine ...

New research suggests shingles infections may increase the risk of cognitive decline in older adults. Scientists believe ...

Evidence suggests reactivations of the varicella-zoster virus may accelerate aging and raise dementia risk. Now scientists want to know if vaccines and antivirals could help protect the brain.

An unprecedented outbreak of meningitis B has spread quickly in the county of Kent in the United Kingdom. The bacteria that ...

People with heart disease who received a shingles vaccine had nearly half the rate of serious cardiac events a year later compared with those who did not get the vaccine, according to a study being ...

As we get older, our body’s immune system becomes weaker. The virus that causes chickenpox gets activated again later in life and causes shingles a painful rash with burning, tingling, and blisters.