Healthcare providers recommend the shingles vaccine Shingrix (recombinant zoster vaccine) for people over 50. It's given in two doses, 2-6 months apart, and is 80-90% effective at preventing shingles.

By Keith Roach, M.D. TITLE: 63-year-old debates getting shingles and chicken pox vaccines---DEAR DR. ROACH: A few months ago, yo ...

SEATTLE, Oct. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Curevo Vaccine (Curevo), a privately-held clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to developing varicella zoster virus (VZV) vaccines with ...

One 2021 study found that Shingrix was effective in preventing both shingles and PHN, even among immunocompromised people and ...

A key product for the company is Shingrix (recombinant zoster vaccine), which is a vaccine that protects against shingles and is approved for adults 50 years and older. At the height of the ...

Amezosvatein and Shingrix are adjuvanted recombinant protein subunit vaccines targeting glycoprotein E (gE), the most abundant glycoprotein expressed on the surface of the varicella zoster virus ...

The CDC recommends three flu vaccines for people 65 and older: the Fluzone High-Dose inactivated flu vaccine, the Flublok recombinant ... you and others around you. Shingles is a viral infection ...

Study published in Nature Medicine found that the recombinant shingles vaccine is linked to a reduced risk of dementia. This protective effect was particularly notable in females, suggesting a ...

GSK on Wednesday said its vaccine sales would fall this year, after a weaker-than-expected performance for its respiratory ...

Varicella-zoster virus causes chickenpox and is a member of the herpes virus group. It is extremely contagious and causes a ...

Zero shingles cases after 18.8 months follow-up in 619 patients receiving any dose of amezosvatein, a development-stage adjuvanted subunit ...

Zero shingles cases after 18.8 months follow-up in 619 patients receiving any dose of amezosvatein, a development-stage adjuvanted subunit vaccine -- Ten shingles cases would have been expected ...