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Missing shingles allow moisture to pool, compounding the risk of water reaching your roof decking and damaging the roof structure. Synthetic and rubberized asphalt roof underlayment can repel ...

The torso is the most common area affected by the shingles rash. It can take 14–21 days for the rash to crust over and no longer be contagious. Other symptoms that occur during the active phase ...

New research into the virus that causes chickenpox and shingles is showing a link between the virus and dementia. Megan Molteni, science writer at STAT, joins us to discuss.

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Emerging research from Stanford University and other leading institutions suggests that the shingles virus, which affects millions of Americans annually, could significantly increase the risk of ...

That’s what he did in his new paper to test the emerging idea that dementia can be caused by the shingles virus. Social scientists have been using these methods for decades, but very few ...

After you get chickenpox, the virus stays in your body and can cause shingles, a painful rash, later in life. A shingles vaccine is available for adults over 50 or those over 19 with a weakened ...

The virus, which is transmitted via insect bite, seems to be reaching new areas, undergoing genetic changes, and may harm fetuses. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology ...

Late last month, Rwanda reported its first-ever case of Marburg virus disease. Like Ebola, Marburg can cause severe hemorrhagic fever and has high case fatality rates (20% to 90%, depending on the ...