Most people catch chickenpox as children and recover, but the virus never truly leaves the body. Instead, it stays asleep inside nerve cells for many years. Later in life, especially when a person is ...

Written by Dr Randeep Guleria . Healthy ageing is increasingly understood not simply as the absence of disease, but as the ...

Many public-health authorities recommend the shingles vaccine for people between 65 and 80 (although the range varies by region). The sharp age cut-offs used in the roll-out in each country or region, ...

India is navigating a major epidemiological transition. Chronic diseases are rising sharply, driven by a mix of genetic, physiological, environmental, and behavioural factors. From middle age onwards, ...

People turning 60 will be invited for a shingles vaccination from next year, but those who have already passed the milestone ...

A new study shows that a shingles vaccine may also slow down biological ageing among older adults, along with protecting against a herpes infection. Shingles, also called herpes zoster, is a painful, ...