If you were born before 1990, you may remember spending a week home from school with the chickenpox before a vaccine became widely available in 1995. Once you’ve had chickenpox, you’re highly unlikely ...

Shingles can be a very painful experience that affects around one in four adults in their lifetime. The infection, also known as herpes zoster, is caused by the varicella-zoster virus which also ...

Pop star Justin Bieber, 29, and Dianne Feinstein, the 89-year-old Senate Democrat from California, have both recently reported health issues related to a shingles outbreak. Shingles is a painful and ...

Shingles, also called herpes zoster, is an infection that causes a rash. A shingles rash can be painful and blistering, and it often occurs on one side of the body or face. There may also be ongoing ...

FARGO - Laura Eidem thought shingles was something that only elderly people had to worry about. Then the skin on the left side of her face started to feel tingly and sensitive and a rash appeared on ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WPVI) -- An episode of shingles may temporarily put you at a greater risk for other serious problems. Two new studies show in the first week after someone is diagnosed with shingles, ...

FARGO - Laura Eidem thought shingles was something that only elderly people had to worry about. Then the skin on the left side of her face started to feel tingly and sensitive and a rash appeared on ...

Evidence suggests reactivations of the varicella-zoster virus may accelerate aging and raise dementia risk. Now scientists want to know if vaccines and antivirals could help protect the brain.

The shingles vaccine is really good at preventing shingles. But new research suggests it may also be really good at preventing other ailments, like dementia and cardiovascular disease.

(THE CONVERSATION) – Over 90% of the world population has the virus that causes chickenpox lying dormant in their nervous system. Most people contract the varicella zoster virus, or VZV, when they get ...