A previous shingles vaccine, Zostavax, was a live vaccine. But Zostavax is no longer available in the United States. Shingrix is now the recommended vaccine for shingles. Talk with your doctor or ...

Shingrix will now challenge Merck & Co.'s Zostavax, and is looking to displace it as the shingles vaccine of choice in the US and beyond. However it must first gain recommendation from a key US ...

A study published in Nature Medicine suggests that people administered Shingrix have a lower risk of dementia compared to those given Zostavax - an older shingles shot based on a different ...

When the original shingles vaccine — Zostavax — was unveiled in 2006, it was quickly discovered that the vaccine might confer some protective effect against dementia. Shingrix has since ...

Shingrix (recombinant varicella-zoster virus) is a prescription vaccine that’s used to help prevent shingles in certain adults. Shingrix is not known to interact with any medications or ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the regulatory application of a prefilled syringe presentation of Shingrix, GSK’s (LSE: GSK) recombinant zoster vaccine for the ...

There is currently one vaccine that can help prevent shingles in the United States. This article discusses what you need to know about Shingrix, the shingles vaccine. The Shingrix vaccine strongly ...

The new prefilled syringe has the same composition but removes the need for reconstitution. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the regulatory application for a new ...

Shingrix has been approved in the US since 2017 for adults aged 50 and over to prevent shingles and, since 2021, for adults aged 18 and older at increased risk due to immunodeficiency or ...