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 ...

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

Kennebec Medical in Waterville has introduced Maine to the first superficial radiation therapy or S.R.T. which they call ...

As of Tuesday afternoon, a severe high wind warning has been issued for the Oregon Coast in effect from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.

George highlighted the pressures that GPs face during the colder months ... as well as bringing down any redness from the ...

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

“I want to break stuff,” Stricker recalled saying to Burkett. “Do you want to go break stuff?” ...

Steven Snyder stood by his bedroom window, gazing out as his neighborhood burned. Waves of red and orange flames and plumes ...

I want to stay young and pretty forever haha. Do gua sha and face rolling tools actually work, or are they just a fad? – Kayla, 17, Torquay, Victoria ANSWER: As a doctor, I hear this question a ...

One specific type of viral exanthem that dermatologists have seen with COVID is a morbilliform rash, meaning a measles-like rash. Measles rashes tend to look like small raised bumps that eventually ...

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

Courtesy of Photo by Matt Payne of Durango, Colorado|Getty Images Many critics, travelers and locals agree that of all of Portland's parks (and they are numerous), Washington Park is perhaps the ...