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

A vaccine that is usually given to prevent shingles may have another surprising benefit. New research suggests that it might also help slow the aging process in older adults. Scientists from the USC ...

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 ...

A new study out of USC adds to evidence that the shingles vaccine does more than help ward off a painful rash. The research ...

Shingles, or herpes zoster, is a viral infection caused by the varicella zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a science commentator The shingles vaccine could, at a stretch, be labelled an accidental ...

People who are given a vaccine for shingles have a 23% lower risk of cardiovascular events, including stroke, heart failure, and coronary heart disease, according to a study of more than a million ...

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 ...

Shingles took down 26-year-old Tyrese Haliburton. Rules effectively ban young adults from getting the vaccine that prevents this debilitating illness.