Cells secrete exosomes carrying molecules that play a critical role in both health and disease. Meletios Verras/iStock via Getty Images Plus Over 90% of the world population has the virus that causes ...

Shingles and chicken pox are caused by the same virus, herpes zoster. After a chicken pox infection, the virus hides in some ...

More than 90 percent of the world’s population has the virus that causes chickenpox lying dormant in their nervous system. Most people contract the varicella-zoster virus, or VZV, when they get ...

If you're over age 50 or have a suppressed immune system, you may have heard your doctor recommend the shingles vaccine. But ...

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If you’re in your 40s, shingles isn’t just an older-adult problem—it’s the chickenpox virus waking up decades later, and it can hit you now. Getting it before age 50 significantly raises your chances ...

The oldest sitting member of the Senate, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is recovering at home after a recent hospitalization secondary to the viral infection called shingles, according to multiple ...

New research finds that the shingles vaccine could reduce the likelihood of developing dementia and may even slow the disease in people that have already been diagnosed. With dementia cases expected ...

But new research suggests that a vaccine designed to protect you from shingles may have an unexpected hidden perk: It could ...

A relatively mundane middle-aged rite of passage — shingles vaccination — might offer an added benefit: protection against, or even the slowing of the progression of, dementia.

(THE CONVERSATION) – Over 90% of the world population has the virus that causes chickenpox lying dormant in their nervous system. Most people contract the varicella zoster virus, or VZV, when they get ...