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

By Keith Roach, M.D. TITLE: 63-year-old debates getting shingles and chicken pox vaccines---DEAR DR. ROACH: A few months ago, yo ...

Also called ‘herpes zoster’, shingles occurs when the varicella zoster virus causing childhood chickenpox re-emerges from sensory ganglion nervous system cells where the virus lies dormant after ...

It began with a burning pain in her right eye. At first, Elisabeth Cohen thought she’d gotten something in it. But the next day, as she was pushing her hair back on that side of her head, she ...

A Superdrug pharmacist is urging the public to be on high alert for an incredibly common illness this winter, particularly ...

The British pharma’s experience during the third quarter mirrored that of rival Pfizer, which also reported lower sales of ...

GSK on Wednesday said its vaccine sales would fall this year, after a weaker-than-expected performance for its respiratory ...

People who get chickenpox at a young age are susceptible to shingles. The highly contagious illness, caused by the varicella-zoster virus, remains dormant in the nervous system for years, where it can ...

That’s what he did in his new paper to test the emerging idea that dementia can be caused by the shingles virus. Social scientists have been using these methods for decades, but very few ...

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