Vaccination programs have saved lives – and saved the Canadian economy and health care system significant resources as well ...

A rare complication of shingles is urinary retention, in which the bladder doesn't empty enough or at all when someone ...

Patients with inflammatory arthritis would benefit from vaccination against herpes zoster, with the Shingrix vaccine showing a crude effectiveness of 50%.

Researchers found that older adults who received AS01-adjuvanted shingles or RSV vaccines had a significantly lower risk of ...

In August 2024, the World Health Organization declared a second "Public Health Emergency of International Concern" for mpox.

A 35-year-old man presents with a chief complaint of purple discoloration of his toes and associated skin lesions that have ...

The U.S. logged 122 more cases of measles last week — four of them in Texas — while outbreaks in Pennsylvania and Michigan officially ended, the Associated Press reported Monday.

An analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF states that there were more than 127,000 measles cases in Europe in 2024. That’s double the number recorded in 2023 in that region ...

Some mild cases of appendicitis can be treated completely with antibiotics. The most common next step is surgery, known as an appendectomy. Removing the appendix decreases the risk of it rupturing.