Shingles is a disease characterized by blisters forming in a band on one side of the body, accompanied by burning pain. While ...

The shingles vaccine can cause mild side effects like pain and redness at the injection site. An allergic reaction to the shingles vaccine is rare but requires immediate medical attention. Most people ...

Many people in midlife are considering the shingles vaccine because of studies linking it to a lower risk of dementia. Are ...

People with existing heart disease who received a shingles vaccine had fewer major cardiovascular events over the following year than a matched unvaccinated group, an observational study reported. The ...

Last time, I wrote a true story about someone close to me who lost their memory due to herpes simplex encephalitis, which ...

Shingles is a painful and serious condition affecting many older people. It is caused by the herpes zoster virus, which can flare up in people who previously had chickenpox. A vaccine against shingles ...

Getting a shingles shot could potentially offer benefits beyond protecting against the painful rash caused by reactivation of the chickenpox virus. New research led by University of Delaware ...

I feel a tingling pain on one side of my back.”“A red rash that looks like an insect bite has spread on one side of my body.” ...

Dear Doctor Roach: I was reading your recent column about shingles. Several years ago, I contracted shingles, even after getting the shingles vaccine. It hit me in my left eye, so I went to my eye ...

Epic Research analyzed 85 million health records and found shingles rates dropped 62% among younger adults eligible for childhood chickenpox vaccination.

A shot that guards against shingles may also be quietly protecting hearts. Oxford researchers found that adults who received the newer shingles vaccine, Shingrix, showed a meaningfully lower risk of ...

Older adults who received the Shingrix shingles vaccine were 24% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia over four years in a study of more than 500,000 people. Researchers estimate the difference ...