A new study that takes advantage of a change in availability of the shingles (*Herpes zoster*) vaccine in Wales finds that vaccination reduces dementia symptoms in those already diagnosed with the disease, and reduced deaths from dementia by approximately 30% over the following nine years.

Summary: sciencefocus.com/news/shingles…

Original paper: cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8…

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