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

The virus remains dormant in the body of anyone who ... than fourfold increase among all age groups over the last six decades ...

“Again, it doesn’t necessarily eliminate all of the symptoms but it can cause less virulence and maybe reduce symptoms by a day or two.” She also said shingles cannot be passed from person to person.

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More than 50,000 cases of shingles occur in people aged 70 years and over each year in England and Wales - and around 50 cases are fatal. All those aged 70, or at 78 as part of a catch-up option ...

Nearly one million more people in England can have a vaccine against shingles on the NHS from September. Anyone turning 65 will now be eligible, plus those over 50 ... side of the body, usually ...