A bus with scientific pamphlets and educational programs for the elderly began touring 35 cities in nine provinces and ...

Taking an antiviral medication for a year may prevent vision damage associated with shingles that affects the eye, according ...

It began with a burning pain in her right eye. At first, Elisabeth Cohen thought she’d gotten something in it. But the next ...

Some researchers have also linked shingles infections to increased dementia risk, though they haven’t shown it causes ...

Positive data from 876-patient head-to-head trial versus Shingrix® shows amezosvatein elicits robust humoral and cellular immune responses ...

“If a precursor to incident dementia is neuroinflammation and stroke, if you have a stroke, it’s a strong predictor for vascular dementia,” explained Harris. “If that can be prevented in a healthy ...

Long-term, low-dose antiviral treatment reduces the risk for potentially vision-damaging bouts of inflammation and infection, as well as pain, which occur when shingles affects the eye, according to ...

Fall is the best time to get a flu shot since there are typically surges of the virus during the winter, explains Christina ...

Year-long use of a typical antiviral treatment for shingles was particularly impactful in reducing complications when the condition eventually affected the eye ...

Analyst Roy Buchanan from JMP Securities reiterated a Buy rating on Dynavax (DVAX – Research Report) and keeping the price target at ...

Chickenpox is a contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). It causes flu-like symptoms and an itchy rash.

Most of us already know the importance of vaccinations for protecting against infectious diseases, especially as we get older ...