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 ...

"Out of the 23 reported and investigated cases, 16 were non-serious, ranging from generalized itchy rash, fever, ...

A NEW strain of the mpox virus has been detected in the UK, and now an expert has warned not to confuse the symptoms with ...

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

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

Also called ‘herpes zoster’, shingles occurs when the varicella zoster virus ... 30% will develop shingles at least once in their lifetime. The blistering skin rash accompanying shingles also causes ...

Doctors are urging people not to ignore the symptoms of scabies because of the perceived social stigma attached to having the condition as cases rise in England. Some 3,689 cases of the highly ...

The rash of chickenpox is unique ... However, the virus remains dormant in nerve tissue and may reactivate, resulting in herpes zoster (shingles) later in life. Rarely, a secondary case of chickenpox ...

People are being told not to ignore an itchy rash, with GPs in England reporting a spike in scabies - the highly infectious skin infestation. The condition is caused by a mite which burrows under ...

The virus spreads down a nerve pathway to cause a painful blistering rash in the skin area that the nerve wires ... nerve that supplies the forehead and eye, a condition called herpes zoster ...

The rash usually starts on the chest ... 10.1093/infdis/jiac390 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About shingles (herpes zoster). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.