I turned 50 during the pandemic and, like most people, I put off all nonessential health care, including my shingles vaccine. Big mistake. When the telltale red bumps of shingles cropped up on my face ...

A friend asked for a column on shingles. Shingles is a reactivation of the varicella zoster virus that causes chickenpox, and ...

Many of us think of chickenpox as a childhood illness, a harmless rite of passage that fades into memory once the itchy blisters heal. However, what most people don’t realize is that the virus behind ...

People aged 50 and over and those who are immunocompromised are more at risk of getting shingles, as well as developing a ...

Shingles may develop on your scalp and face if the virus that causes it travels along the trigeminal nerve. It may cause burning pain, itching, and clusters of painful blisters. Prompt medical ...

The NHS has listed what it believes to be the 20 top most painful conditions a person can suffer from. While there are ...

Have you experienced pain or tingling in your hands or feet? Those are signs of possible neuropathy, “a general term for ...

As you say, not all trials found a benefit, but the largest trial found that intrathecal injections — which are similar to ...

What happens is that the virus lies dormant in the nervous system, for many years sometimes, and then reemerges as shingles, which causes a painful string of rashes, typically on the face or ...

EMA accepts for review regulatory application of GSK’s Shingrix new prefilled syringe presentation for prevention of shingles: London, UK Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 13:00 Hrs ...