Looking beyond jabs, sprays or tablets, scientists are thinking outside the box for delivering antiviral medication to ...

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

This discovery is a big step forward in the fight against common viral infections like shingles and herpes. For millions of ...

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

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) is encouraging those aged 65 and over to get their shingles and pneumococcal vaccines when offered, echoing the ongoing campaign by the NHS and ...

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) is encouraging those aged 65 and over to get their shingles and pneumococcal vaccines when offered, echoing the ongoing campaign by the NHS and ...

Shingles (herpes zoster) is caused by the reactivation of the same virus that causes chickenpox, called the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). After chickenpox symptoms clear, VZV doesn't disappear but ...

Shingles (herpes zoster) is caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus that causes chickenpox, which lays dormant in nerve cells for life, leading to a very painful, blistering rash.

Researchers at Stanford Medicine discovered that the shingles vaccine significantly reduces the risk of dementia by 20% in older adults. The study, leveraging a natural experiment in Wales ...

Prior to its launch, pretty much everyone expected the Fujifilm X100VI to be a success. The X100V had been outselling production for months and, despite its scarcity, demand wasn’t slowing. Yet, I ...

It turns out there may already be one: shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to protect ... nervous system—especially members of the herpes family, including the chickenpox virus ...