{
  "id": 13720858,
  "title": "‘I want to do everything I can to head off dementia’: why demand for the shingles vaccine is soaring",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/i-want-to-do-everything-i-can-to-head-off-dementia-why-demand-for-the",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-11T13:00:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Health",
    "slug": "guardian-health",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/11/dementia-demand-for-shingles-vaccine-is-soaring"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The demand for the shingles vaccine is soaring in Britain, driven in part by concerns over dementia. Jenny, a 50-year-old marketing professional from Cambridge, is among those seeking the vaccine, motivated by a personal desire to avoid the same dementia fate that befell her grandparents. While the vaccine is free for some on the NHS, most under-65s are paying around £450 for the full two doses. The signs of a potential link between shingles prevention and brain health protection are promising, though not conclusively proven.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}