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.

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Shingles, which are a resurgence of the chickenpox virus in ... Because pain can radiate from the stomach to the chest, the ...

In 2023, Sydney Towle, then 23, developed a bump on her abdomen that she could feel. When she exercised, she experienced a ...

Although a stomach bug usually runs its course pretty quickly, it's anything but pleasant — and you'll do whatever it takes ...