A shingles vaccine might double as a powerful heart protector. In people already at high risk, it cut major cardiac events by 46% and deaths by an impressive 66% within a year. Scientists think ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report March 12 on the effectiveness of the flu vaccine for the ...

Evidence suggests reactivations of the varicella-zoster virus may accelerate aging and raise dementia risk. Now scientists want to know if vaccines and antivirals could help protect the brain.

As the United States emerges from one of the most severe flu seasons it’s seen in nearly three decades, the medical community is already racing to strengthen protection for the upcoming year with ...

While lifesaving vaccines face a relentless onslaught from the Trump administration—with fervent anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leading the charge—scientific literature is building a ...