A study published in Nature Medicine suggests that people administered Shingrix have a lower risk of dementia compared to those given Zostavax ... of the antiviral drug valacyclovir against ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the shingles vaccine Zostavax for older adults in 2006, but it's no longer available in the United States. Another vaccine called Shingrix is ...

In the UK, live vaccines include rubella, mumps, measles, BCG, yellow fever and one of the shingles vaccines called Zostavax. You can have ... For further information about each drug and the possible ...

The study was published in Nature. On average, it can take a decade of research and development before a drug can successfully be brought to market. During this time, scientists also create ...

That has meant turning from tracking infections to tracking illicit and high-risk drug use. Monitoring wastewater for viruses works because infected people excrete tiny bits of viral matter ...

AMSTERDAM—Organized crime used to be considered a remote threat in much of Western Europe, but ruthless violence by criminal gangs is now rattling the peace in some of the world’s safest ...

There are now at least three accidental drug overdose deaths per week - often coming from people mixing different drugs. Illustration / Paul Slater A new report shows three Kiwis – and rising ...

The annual number of drug overdose deaths in Australia has almost doubled over the past 20 years, according to a new report. Of the 2,356 overdose deaths in 2022, the vast majority were ...

Unlike opioids, which can be countered with naloxone, also known as Narcan, medetomidine doesn't respond to the life-saving drug, making it even more dangerous when mixed with other substances.Aug ...

On Friday, the B.C. Coroners Service reported at least 192 people died of drug toxicity in July, bringing the total number of deaths this year to 1,365. "These losses impact people far beyond ...

There have been “promising” declines in high school students’ overall use of illicit substances, concludes a report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since 2013 ...

Shingrix is a recombinant protein subunit-based vaccine and is generally used in favour of an older shingles vaccine – Merck & Co's Zostavax – which is cased on a live, attenuated virus.