DEAR DR. ROACH: A few months ago, you wrote about the benefits of the shingles vaccine. At 63, I’m one of the 1% who has ...

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

Many Brits could be unknowingly teetering on the brink of serious health issues, as a leading expert warns that if left ...

The virus can later reactivate and cause shingles in adults. Hives (urticaria) are raised welts that form on a patch of skin. Symptoms include significant itching and swelling. Hives typically ...

Shingles, also called zoster, looks like blisters on the skin and can be excruciating ... 90% effective but only about a quarter of eligible adults get it. "I'm hoping that we help a lot of ...

Medically reviewed by Jonathan B. Jassey, DO Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is the virus that causes chickenpox and shingles.

DEAR DR. ROACH: In March 2023, my 94-year-old mother had a shingles episode on the right side of her neck, head, ear and (to ...

A pharmacist has issued a warning to the public about shingles, a common "dormant" condition that affects one in three adults at some ... and different from general skin irritation or muscle ...

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

and adults with impaired immune systems due to disease or treatment. The virus spreads down a nerve pathway to cause a painful blistering rash in the skin area that the nerve wires. In about 8 percent ...