Chicken pox (varicella) is the disease people get when they are exposed to the varicella-zoster virus for the first time.

A few months ago, you wrote about the benefits of the shingles vaccine. At 63, I’m one of the 1% who has never had, nor been exposed to, chicken pox. I was tested in 2022 for varicella-zoster virus ...

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

Different types of skin rashes include those caused by allergic reactions, infections, insect bites, or health conditions. Examples include eczema, chickenpox, psoriasis, and shingles. It can be ...

Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservatives promised on Tuesday to introduce a universal shingles vaccine program for people 65 ...

Houston said the shingles vaccine should be free because statistics show one in three people will develop the painful skin rash, the risk of which increases as people age. “We have the tools to ...

Shingles, also called zoster, looks like blisters on the skin and can be excruciating It's the chickenpox virus that reactivates causing a rash and nerve pain. Shingles of the eye can cause ...

Prithviraj Bose, MD, discusses the most critical adverse effects seen with each of the 4 approved JAK inhibitors for the treatment of myeloproliferative neoplasms.

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

PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN) — A trained weather spotter reported a tornado yesterday evening around 9:24 pm in Rockaway Beach, ...

A similar antiviral medicine, valacyclovir (Valtrex), was approved in 1995 for treating shingles, cold sores ... ANSWER: ...