Chicken pox (varicella) is the disease people get when they are exposed to the varicella-zoster virus for the first time.

There's a potential new treatment for people who develop shingles that spread to the eye. Doctors say about 8% of shingles cases impact the eyes, and now, for the first time there's a new ...

Shingles, a virus that can cause painful rashes ... "CBS Mornings Plus" to explain the latest research showing promising treatment results and how to prevent the illness.

"Up until now, there has been no proven long-term treatment ... With this drug already being part of the regular clinical treatment for shingles, we don't envision significant barriers to making ...

"Up until now, there has been no proven long-term treatment ... "With this drug already being part of the regular clinical treatment for shingles, we don't envision significant barriers to making ...

A 5-gram tube of Zovirax cream runs more than $200. A month’s supply of valacyclovir (500 milligrams) tablets costs between ...

There's a potential new treatment for people who develop shingles that spread to the eye. Doctors say about 8% of shingles cases impact the eyes, and now, for the first time there's a new ...

The PHLS study discovered that there are more than a quarter of a million cases of shingles in England and Wales every year and that elderly adults who develop the infection are 12 times more ...

And the risk of this happening increases with age (especially after 50 years), a compromised immune system (e.g. in HIV and ...

“Up until now, there has been no proven long-term treatment ... “With this drug already being part of the regular clinical treatment for shingles, we don’t envision significant barriers ...