A 7-year longitudinal study of over 280,000 individuals indicates that the shingles vaccine was associated with a 20% lower frequency of dementia.

Summary: https://www.sciencealert.com/shingles-vaccine-guards-against-dementia-study-reveals

Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08800-x

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Shingles Vaccine Guards Against Dementia, Study Reveals : ScienceAlert

A vaccine for shingles could protect against dementia according to a new study that took advantage of a quirk in Wales' vaccine rollout scheme.

^{Jess Cockerill (ScienceAlert)}