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

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A leading pharmacist has warned Brits not to overlook changes to their skin – because they could be vital clues to a life-threatening condition. From a subtle discolouration to a change in texture or ...

Individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and multiple sclerosis (MS) had fewer herpes zoster (shingles) attacks if ...

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.

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

(Reuters) -GSK on Wednesday said its vaccine sales would fall this year, after a weaker-than-expected performance for its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and shingles vaccines in the third ...

I don’t know of any treatment that will improve the likelihood ... but older people who have not had the newer two-dose shingles vaccine (Shingrix) should get it, even if they had the old ...

Shingles can be debilitating and even cause permanent vision loss. But a new treatment plan may be able to provide relief for those who have suffered vision loss as a result of the virus.