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

Shingles, which can lead to a painful rash and, in extreme cases, blindness or hearing loss, is a viral infection that comes from the same virus behind chickenpox. Some researchers have also linked ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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