A promising study in Nature out this week that shows convincing evidence of the shingles vaccine lowering odds of dementia by 3.5%.

A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia - Nature

A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia - Nature

Using a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of 7 years by approximately one-fifth.

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