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 ...

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 ...

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

A team of researchers, led by James Mbinta, believes the shingles vaccine could play a crucial role in reducing the risk of ...

And who needs the shingles vaccine? Get your questions answered in this WebMD slideshow. There are some common misconceptions about this viral illness and the uncomfortable rash it can cause.

“Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus,” said Dr. Eugene Fellin, a family medicine physician at Penn State Health Medical Group — Fleetwood. “It’s the same virus that causes ...

There are two different vaccines currently available for shingles. They are both given ... a little bit of the virus itself, and that causes your body to respond to the virus in a way that ...

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 ...

One out of three adults aged 50 years or older is at risk of contracting shingles (herpes zoster). After an individual recovers from chickenpox (which they usually caught as a child), the ...

Mine looked like angry acne at first, but I noticed that it appeared only on the right side of my face — that one-sidedness is a telltale sign of shingles. The rash typically causes burning ...