A new study is part of a growing body of evidence that vaccination against shingles—and potentially other infections—can be ...

Taking advantage of a unique public health policy in the UK, a new study has found that receiving the shingles vaccine ...

A large natural experiment shows that the herpes zoster vaccine reduces dementia diagnoses by 20% over seven years. The ...

NBC Chicago anchor Allison Rosati is urging viewers to get vaccinated for shingles after an extended illness due to the virus ...

A shingles vaccine may reduce dementia risk by 20%, new research shows, suggesting viral infections play a role in cognitive ...

The shingles vaccine may have a protective effect against dementia, write doctors Christopher Worsham and Anupam Jena.

New research suggests that the shingles vaccine could lower your risk of developing dementia. Here's what the study says and ...

TUESDAY, April 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The shingles vaccine can do more than protect seniors from painful, blistering ...

HSV and varicella zoster virus (VZV) are common pathogens of skin and mucous membranes and the CNS. Their rapid and accurate diagnosis is essential for their treatment as well as infection control.

That chickenpox vaccine also helps protect you against getting shingles, by preventing the varicella-zoster virus from entering your body when you’re young. That said, it’s still important to ...

Shingles, or herpes zoster, is a skin rash that causes blisters across one side of the body. The same virus that causes chickenpox, the varicella-zoster virus, causes shingles. Disseminated ...

If the clinical sample contains viable virus, cytopathic effects due to the herpes virus replication occur after several days, signaling the recovery of HSV-1/2 and VZV from the sample.