The NIH Shingles Prevention Study estimates that ... VZV reactivation from the geniculate (seventh cranial nerve) ganglion can cause the Ramsay Hunt syndrome, features of which include peripheral ...

Latent varicella-zoster virus in neurons of cranial and spinal ganglia may reactivate to produce shingles (zoster). A particular predilection for the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve exists ...

The shingles virus can cause inflammation in organs, and it can infect blood vessels in the brain, hampering blood flow.

The strongest set of evidence to date indicates that people who had a shingles vaccine had significantly lower odds of ...

Taking advantage of a unique public health policy in the UK, a new study has found that receiving the shingles vaccine ...

Women at risk for Alzheimer’s and other causes of dementia may especially benefit from the vaccine, a new study finds.

A rare policy quirk in Wales offered scientists an accidental natural experiment—and what they found could reshape how we ...

Consider getting the shingles vaccine. A new study provides the strongest evidence yet that a shingles vaccine reduces the ...

Back in 2013, the government of Wales decided that it would begin providing the zoster vaccine to prevent shingles in adults ...

If it infects an eye it can cause vision loss. Up to 20% of shingles patients suffer excruciating nerve pain months or even years after the rash itself is gone. It’s not clear exactly how ...

If it infects an eye it can cause vision loss. Up to 20% of shingles patients suffer excruciating nerve pain months or even years after the rash itself is gone.What's the link between shingles and ...