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

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.

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

The print ads featured a prominent display of a person’s back, highlighting where shingles rashes typically emerge.

Dynavax is giving up work on its combination vaccine for tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis (Tdap) after mulling phase 1 data for the shot. | Dynavax is giving up on its combination vaccine ...

The second is the path advised by your previous doctor, which is the evidence-based and recommended approach: Get vaccinated for chicken pox, then shingles. The two combined vaccines will give you ...

Q: 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 ...

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