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

HSV and varicella zoster virus (VZV) are common pathogens of skin and mucous membranes and the CNS. Their rapid and accurate diagnosis is essential for their treatment as well as infection control.

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

Taking advantage of a unique public health policy in the UK, a new study has found that receiving the shingles vaccine ...

Wales' vaccination program policy created natural experiment for U.S. research team, which found 20% reduction in dementia.

A big reason that the vaccine may lower the risk of dementia is that it could lower your risk of getting shingles, which ...

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.

Vaccine Step Down. A person’s probability of developing dementia over seven years increased with age. It was higher in the ...

Because most adults have had it, infection rarely happens in babies. And it only happens in about 1 out of every 400 pregnancies. Varicella. Varicella zoster virus causes chickenpox. Because many ...

Natural killer cell deficiency should be considered in patients susceptible to herpes virus or papillomavirus with persistently decreased NK cell function.

TUESDAY, April 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The shingles vaccine can do more than protect seniors from painful, blistering ...