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Research has found the shingles vaccine not only prevents the painful, blistering rash in older people, but also protects the brain.

Two natural experiments in Canada suggest that herpes zoster (shingles or varicella zoster) vaccination averts or delays ...

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A new study suggests that getting the shingles vaccine may be linked to slower biological aging in older adults, beyond its role in preventing infection. A shingles shot is best known for preventing a ...

A nasty rash isn’t the only thing this shot may spare you from. A new study from the University of Southern California found ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images From the moment you experience the first symptoms of shingles—a skin-tingling sensation followed by a rash on one ...

The risk of shingles jumps 11-fold after the first dose of the recombinant shingles vaccine, marketed under the name name Shingrix, but decreases by 73% after the second, according to the results of a ...

New findings suggest that the shingles vaccine may do more than prevent a serious infection — it could support longevity by ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: A few months ago, you wrote about the benefits of the shingles vaccine. At 63, I’m one of the 1% who has never had, nor been exposed to, chicken pox. I was tested in 2022 for varicella ...