Shingles can be a really painful disease and it's preventable with a vaccine. Research shows the vaccine may also play a part in slowing the aging process.

The shingles vaccine may not only protect against catching the painful virus, but it may also slower biologic aging. Researchers examined data from more than 3,800 participants, aged 70 and older, ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer An older shingles vaccine may offer unexpected protection against dementia, new research suggests. A 2025 study published in Nature found that people who received ...

(CNN) — The shingles vaccine not only offers protection against the painful viral infection, a new study suggests that the two-dose shot also may slow the progression of dementia. Shingles, caused by ...

(CNN) — Two new studies suggest that getting a vaccine to protect against a painful case of shingles may be beneficial for memory, too. An estimated 98% of US adults have had chickenpox and are at ...

NBA star Tyrese Haliburton was recently diagnosed with shingles. The news drew attention to an illness that many people ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images/triocean If you’re in your 40s or older, you might have memories of having chickenpox—the once-common childhood virus ...

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 ...