Vaccination can also lower your chances of other serious shingles complications. For example, if it shows up on your face, ...

Thailand is transitioning into an aging society, and for those 50 and older, declining immunity is a key concern due to aging ...

When data from two data sources were analyzed -- one of commercial health insurance claims, the other from Medicare -- ...

Shingles, or herpes zoster, is a painful skin rash with blisters. The disease can occur at any age, but those affected are ...

Diabetes Singapore and GSK aim to enhance awareness and improve lives affected by diabetes through educational talks and activities on World Diabetes Day 1 in 3 people will get shingles in their ...

"Seven of the reported cases were serious, presenting with generalized red and sometimes itchy skin bumps, fever, weakness in ...

Just like our memory and reflexes, the ageing of our immune system can not only cause it to forget how to react to certain ...

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 ...

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

There were zero confirmed cases of herpes zoster (shingles) in the amezosvatein arm of participants, regardless of dose, after mean follow-up of 18.8 months in this post-hoc analysis of the Phase 2 ...

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals on Tuesday reported a 16 per cent year-on-year increase in its consolidated net profit to Rs 252 crore in the September quarter, aided by robust sales across segments.