Researchers don’t know exactly what causes shingles. But they speculate it may have to do with the body’s lowered immunity as people get older. Shingles is also more common in people who are ...

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 ...

But an active shingles rash is highly contagious to other people until the blisters dry up and scab over. If someone who’s never had chickenpox comes in direct contact with the rash, they may ...

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 ...

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

She's shared her story with GlaxoSmithKline, who have launched a website called knowshingles.com.au for Shingles Awareness Week. G-S-K says not enough people realise how vulnerable they are to the ...

Shingles is both widespread and debilitating. Each year, as many as 20 million people worldwide are affected by shingles, and more than 50,000 people in the United States are hospitalized with ...

Shingles is an extremely painful rash caused by the same virus varicella zoster which causes chicken pox in younger people. It is common in older adults, and 20% of those affected are left with ...

Non-life-threatening, shingles can happen at any age, but it most typically affects people with stress, compromised immunity and those over 50. “It can occur in patches, but along that same ...

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 ...

Vaccination with GSK's recombinant shingles vaccine, Shingrix, could delay the onset of dementia, according to researchers in the UK. A study published in Nature Medicine suggests that people ...