The CDC is strongly recommending the shingles vaccine for adults 50 and older. Learn why this common virus can reactivate and ...

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

UVA Health’s director of hospital epidemiology points to research linking the shingles vaccine to a 20% drop in dementia risk ...

The UK has updated its childhood immunisation schedule . For parents who had already mapped out their child's vaccination ...

Herpes zoster is shingles. Shingles is a viral infection caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, a form of ...

The MMRV jab protects against chickenpox and its lifelong complications. Here’s what the new vaccination schedule means for ...

NHS launches free chickenpox vaccine programme today, protecting 500,000 UK children annually through MMRV jab whilst saving ...

The NHS is introducing a combined MMRV vaccine to protect children against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox, with ...

NHS England is adding chickenpox protection to the routine MMR vaccination programme for children, with GP surgeries starting ...

The NHS explain s that the rash of spots on your child's body can take on a variety of colours (pink, red, or darker than the ...

Young children will be offered a free chicken pox jab on the NHS as part of their routine childhood vaccinations for the ...

Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV). The virus is transmitted through direct ...