Varicella-zoster virus causes chickenpox and is a member of the herpes virus group. It is extremely contagious and causes a ...

Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD Different types of skin rashes include those caused by allergic reactions, ...

What does the shingles rash looks like? Who’s at risk? And who needs the shingles vaccine? Get your questions answered in this WebMD slideshow. There are some common misconceptions about this ...

Symptoms of Shingles: The hallmark symptom of shingles is a painful rash that typically develops on one side of the body, often in a band-like pattern. However, shingles can cause a range of symptoms ...

Shingles, also called zoster, looks like blisters on the skin and can be excruciating It's the chickenpox virus that reactivates causing a rash and nerve pain. Shingles of the eye can cause ...

The highly neuroinflammatory disease caused by herpes zoster (HZ) virus triggers a painful, itchy rash ... could a shingles infection accelerate dementia progression through increased ...

Many Brits might unknowingly be walking a knife’s edge with their health, as an expert warned if left untreated, the disease ...

There's a potential new treatment for people who develop shingles that spread to the eye. Doctors say about 8% of shingles ...

The virus spreads down a nerve pathway to cause a painful blistering rash in the skin area that the nerve wires. In about 8 percent of the more than 1 million new shingles cases in the United States ...

Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston promised on Tuesday that his government would introduce free shingles vaccines ...

Housing remained the focus of the NDP on Tuesday, as leader Claudia Chender promised to create a compliance and enforcement ...