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 ...

Even with relative certainty, many providers will still conduct testing to avoid misdiagnoses. There is no cure for shingles, but antiviral drugs can be taken to reduce the severity and duration of an ...

Feeling a little itchy? Here's how to recognize the most commonly undiagnosed skin irritations, including the one you may ...

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 ...

You may need to treat a cut in your mouth after playing sports, biting your cheek while eating, or due to another common injury encountered in day-to-day life. Bleeding, along with symptoms of pain ...

This European review of the prefilled syringe follows GSK's receipt of approval from the US Food & Drug Administration on January 8. GSK is also investigating submission of the new presentation to ...

Although the recently licensed shingles vaccine is recommended for older people (age, ≥60), some patients ask, "How likely am I to get shingles?" before deciding whether to be vaccinated.

But the United States is actually experiencing the largest tuberculosis outbreak in its history ... now appears to be resistant to two common treatment methods for the disease.

The outbreak, which is concentrated in Kansas, seems to have been going on since 2021, but a lot of cases have been reported since 2024. Making things even more complicated is that the form of ...

Cases related to the outbreak were first reported in January ... KDHE is working to ensure that patients are receiving appropriate treatment, which will limit the ability to spread this disease ...

In UEW, oppression spread like a virus ndash; silencing voices, endangering lives but one brave voice injected hope ndash; exposing truth, sparking resistance .