Shingles vaccination may halve the one-year risk of serious cardiac events among older adults who have heart disease, adding to accumulating evidence that the vaccine may protect against health ...

A growing body of evidence suggests the vaccine may also lower risk of stroke and heart attack ...

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.

You can't catch shingles - but it can give you another illness ...

The illness is a reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus which causes chickenpox in children and will affect up to one in four adults across the UK, over 200,000 people annually. The first signs of ...