After the rofecoxib (Vioxx) withdrawal in 2004 made painfully clear how much harm a passive reporting system can miss, ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I recently read this morning that the shingles vaccine, Shingrix, “may have a protective effect against dementia.” It goes on to say the studies that have been conducted so far are ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I recently read this morning that the shingles vaccine, Shingrix, "may have a protective effect against dementia." It goes on to say the studies that have been conducted so far are ...

Evidence from a team of scientists at the University of Oxford indicates that the newer shingles vaccine is more protective against dementia compared to the previous shingles vaccine. Both shingles ...

The studies found serious side effects caused by the COVID and shingles vaccines were rare.

The large-scale study is one of the first to evaluate the two-dose recombinant zoster vaccine (Shingrix) in a large sample group. Previous research has shown that dementia risk is lower with the ...