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

Most patients with rheumatoid arthritis or spondyloarthritis had significant antibody responses to COVID vaccine boosters, whether or not their immunomodulatory medications were held.

As whooping cough cases rise in the U.S., a new nasal vaccine developed by Tulane University may hold the key to reducing the spread of the highly contagious respiratory disease. Current pertussis ...

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 ...

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

Chicken pox (varicella) is the disease people get when they are exposed to the varicella-zoster virus for the first time.

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservatives promised on Tuesday to introduce a universal shingles vaccine program for people 65 and older if re-elected Nov. 26, the latest in a series of ...

Scientists have developed a vaccine for shingles, the unpleasant and often extremely painful condition which, it is estimated, affects around one third of the population at some point in their lives.

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

CLEWISTON, Fla. (CBS12) — A toddler was shot and killed in a Clewiston home on Wednesday night. The Clewiston Police Department (CPD) said officers responded to a report of a gunshot at a home ...

Vaccines are studied for both safety and reactogenicity ... nerve pain lasting over six months and often beyond one year. There is no approved treatment for PHN. Shingles may also affect the eyes, ...