A few months ago, you wrote about the benefits of the shingles vaccine. At 63, I’m one of the 1% who has never had, nor been exposed to, chicken pox. I was tested in 2022 for varicella-zoster virus ...

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

We tend to think of COVID-19 as a respiratory illness. But, like many viruses, COVID can also affect your skin and cause ...

Warmer weather is here and so are the mosquitoes. Here’s what happens when a mozzie bites and our body reacts.

Amid warnings of a 'tripledemic' of cold, flu and Covid this winter, millions could bypass the GP queue and directly access ...

There are often lengthy waits to get an appointment with a doctor but if you have one of these conditions you can dodge the ...

Amid warnings of a 'tripledemic' of cold, flu and Covid this winter, millions could bypass the GP queue and directly access ...

Journalist Annie Lowrey has a rare disease that causes a near-constant itch that doesn't respond to most treatments. She ...

There were around the same number of injuries at the start of last season, but far fewer games lost due to them.

But the relentless effects of the BioLab fire in Conyers are still visible, residents say – from exacerbated rashes to mounting bills to nagging symptoms and piles of prescriptions. “My vision still ...