Shingles, or herpes zoster, is a painful skin rash with blisters. The disease can occur at any age, but those affected are ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: A few months ago, you wrote about the benefits of the shingles vaccine. At 63, I’m one of the 1% who has ...
Chest pain or pressure, cold sweat, extreme weakness—you know those heart attack signs. But there are more subtle symptoms ...
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.