Even as researchers look for ways to cure the neurodegenerative disease Alzheimer’s — with most therapies focussing on the abnormal build-up of amyloid and tau proteins in the brain — there are ...

A randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial is underway called Valacyclovir Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease but results ...

Shingles is caused by the varicella zoster virus—a member of the herpes family that most people contract as children, and also causes chickenpox. Once a person is infected, the virus stays ...

A large quasi-experimental study in Australia found that adults eligible for free shingles vaccination based on their date of ...

University of New Mexico Health Sciences researchers hope to launch human clinical trials in their quest for a vaccine to ...

Genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections are frequently asymptomatic or undiagnosed, but more than half the US population is seropositive for HSV, and about one-fifth are positive for HSV-2.

A team of scientists including UCL researchers has tested four anti-amyloid Alzheimer's therapeutics to find out how the drugs bind to toxic amyloid beta protein to tackle the disease.

Researchers hope to launch human clinical trials in their quest for a vaccine to prevent the buildup of pathological tau after demonstrating that this vaccine generated a robust immune response in ...

Zostavax and Shingrix are linked to protection for older adults in multiple studies.