An American female college student has been diagnosed with three incurable diseases after contracting the so-called 'kiss ...

Study in older adults found that individuals who received the shingles vaccine were 20% less likely to develop dementia than those who were unvaccinated.

A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one – shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to ...

Organoids have revolutionized science and medicine, providing platforms for disease modeling, drug testing, and understanding ...

Getting vaccinated against shingles may not only lower risk for the condition — it may offer some protection against dementia ...

Receiving the live-attenuated zoster vaccine (Zostavax) reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis by 3.5 percentage ...

They compared people born before and after they were eligible to take the shingles vaccine in a certain part of the UK, finding that vaccinated people were 20% less likely to be diagnosed with ...

Herpes hides in the trigeminal nerves that stretch to the eyes, nose and mouth, where it commonly produces a cold sore or ...

The herpes simplex virus (HSV) could be sneaking into the brain more often than we're aware. A new study on mice has found that when HSV type 1 infection accesses the body through the nose, it can ...

A modified version of the common herpes virus could offer life-changing therapy for people with spinal cord injuries, it is hoped. These injuries affect a variety of processes in the body aside ...