Starting June 1, the shingles vaccine will be offered to residents ages 65 and over and immunocompromised residents between ...

Speaking before Congress, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. misleadingly claimed that Europe doesn’t ...

Studies suggest that the shingles vaccine may help reduce the risk of dementia, especially in older adults. With no cure for ...

Shingles is a viral infection that causes painful rashes. While shingles can occur anywhere on the body, it typically looks ...

Besides knowing what different patterns of infection exist across advanced therapies, what is “really important” is how ...

A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one — shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to protect aging brains. A new study found shingles vaccination cut older adults’ ...

Meaning people that have a higher risk of strokes, such as those with high blood pressure or diabetes, could be considered ...

Vaccines seem like an improbable way to reduce the risk of developing dementia. And yet the research has been accumulating to ...

WBZ-TV's Dr. Mallika Marshall answers a viewer question asking if it is safe to get a second shingles vaccination if it has ...

Medicine to treat one thing may unintentionally help another -- but one vaccine is pulling triple duty for body, mind and heart!

A new study from the European Society of Cardiology found that receiving the shingles vaccine can lower the risk of heart ...

Older adults vaccinated against herpes zoster, or shingles, had a reduced risk of developing dementia, over a period of 7 years.