We already know that the virus behind cold sores, herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), can also infect the brain and the ...

Varicella-zoster virus causes chickenpox and is a member of the herpes virus group. It is extremely contagious and causes a ...

Also called ‘herpes zoster’, shingles occurs when the varicella zoster virus causing childhood chickenpox re-emerges from sensory ganglion nervous system cells where the virus lies dormant after ...

In late 2023, the 42-year-old lawyer learned she needed surgery to treat an unidentified and increasingly worrisome pelvic infection, just as she was contending with the demands of a potential new ...

Colorado reported 26 infections, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday. Due to the product actions taken by McDonald's and Taylor Farms, the risk to the public is very low ...

The disease is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), a form of the herpes virus. Transmission occurs from person-to-person by direct contact or through the air by coughing or sneezing. Until ...

U.S. health officials are investigating a multi-state outbreak of bacterial infections that has been linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Almost 50 people have become ill with E. coli O157:H7 infections after eating McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers. One person has died. The 49 patients are spread across ten states ...

Around 8% of people who suffer an episode of shingles will get an infection in the eye, a condition known as herpes zoster ophthalmicus, or HZO. About 1 in 10 HZO cases result in moderate to ...