The highly common herpes strain, also called varicella-zoster virus (VZV), can cause chickenpox in childhood and later ...

The shingles vaccine, by preventing varicella-zoster infection, would thus decrease cardiovascular risk by preventing the ...

A study suggests that shingles vaccination may reduce heart disease risk by preventing a viral infection that can damage ...

According to the CDC, one-in-three, or an estimated 1 million people, will develop shingles each year in America.

The vaccine was a live zoster vaccine, meaning it contained a weakened form of the varicella zoster virus that causes ...

Vaccination can help prevent shingles – a condition that an estimated one in three people in the U.S. will develop in their ...

Researchers have developed a new treatment formula—known as GS-1—that could reduce the symptoms and contagiousness of the ...

Shingles is associated with an increased chance of health problems like strokes and heart attacks, but receiving a shingles ...

The vaccine was a live zoster vaccine, meaning it contained a weakened form of the varicella zoster virus that causes shingles ... shingles vaccine may help reduce heart disease. A shingles infection ...

Since March 2024, the outbreak has affected over 1,000 dairy herds nationwide, leading to more than 70 human infections and at least one confirmed death. The Global Virus Network (GVN) warns that ...

And just as the varicella-zoster virus can reactivate decades after a childhood infection and cause shingles, HPV can wake up and cause women to test positive during cervical cancer screenings ...