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

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

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.

over 90% of the people getting shingles are basically healthy. That’s the other frustrating thing to me; we have had a really effective vaccine since 2017 that’s been approved for people ...

Cohen's research is waiting for peer review and publication. There is a vaccine for shingles that's more than 90% effective but only about a quarter of eligible adults get it. "I'm hoping that we ...

Even 300 mg three times daily is likely to be significantly more effective than what she is ... people who have not had the newer two-dose shingles vaccine (Shingrix) should get it, even if ...

And the risk of this happening increases with age (especially after 50 years), a compromised immune system (e.g. in HIV and ...

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 never had, nor been exposed to, chicken pox. I was tested in 2022 for varicella ...

Cancel anytime. 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 never had, nor been exposed to, chicken pox. I was tested in ...