Two doses of the vaccine for shingles, Shingrix, are funded for those aged 65 years, but expanding this eligibility would ...

These two reports address the effects of varicella-zoster vaccination and varicella vaccination. Richard Whitley, who chaired the data and safety monitoring board for the Shingles Prevention Study ...

Access to the free shingles vaccine has been expanded to all immunocompromised people aged 18 and over. But experts fear that ...

A recent study indicates that the shingles vaccine may provide some protection against dementia. If so, the varicella-zoster ...

Social media posts claiming some vaccines contain aborted fetal tissue are based on a misunderstanding of how vaccines are ...

Shingles is “one of the worst pains in medicine.” A vaccine is highly effective at preventing it, but many people don’t get ...

Vaccines to prevent common and serious infectious diseases have had a greater impact on improving human health than any other medical advance of the ...

In today's health headlines, COVID-19 cases are on a downward trend, why you shouldn't put off the shingles vaccine, and what ...

Debbie writes, "Can you get the singles, flu and COVID vaccines all at the same time? And what if you have a cold?" ...

Media identity Jodie Oddy’s call for nationwide access to a free shingles vaccine hinges on the deliberations of one powerful ...

Shingles risk in Vietnam is soaring, fueled by a rise in chickenpox cases and an aging population. In Vietnam, hospitals have ...

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