Medically reviewed by Jonathan B. Jassey, DO Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is the virus that causes chickenpox and shingles.

Get medical attention right away if you develop a shingles rash near your eyes. These symptoms usually resolve as the rash heals. Treatment is most effective when you start it within the first few ...

Many Brits might unknowingly be walking a knife’s edge with their health, as an expert warned if left untreated, the disease ...

Doctors say about 8% of shingles cases impact the eyes, and now, for the first time there's a new treatment ... virus that reactivates causing a rash and nerve pain. Shingles of the eye can ...

Amid warnings of a 'tripledemic' of cold, flu and Covid this winter, millions could bypass the GP queue and directly access ...

There's a potential new treatment for people who develop shingles that spread to the eye. Doctors say about 8% of shingles ...

Since January 2024, pharmacists have been able to treat seven common health conditions without a prescription. The NHS have ...

Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston promised on Tuesday that his government would introduce free shingles vaccines ...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservatives say that if re-elected Nov. 26 they will introduce a universal shingles ...

Housing remained the focus of the NDP on Tuesday, as leader Claudia Chender promised to create a compliance and enforcement ...

Party leader Tim Houston said the program would cost $27 million the first ... shingles vaccine should be free because statistics show one in three people will develop the painful skin rash ...