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 ...

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 ...

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.

A similar antiviral medicine, valacyclovir (Valtrex), was approved in 1995 for treating shingles, cold sores, genital herpes ...

NHS England's new Pharmacy First service allows chemists to offer medicines for a handful of ailments including sore throat - ...

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

In this edition of The People’s Pharmacy, Joe and Teresa Graedon also hear from a reader with a question about using ivermectin to treat scabies.

Since January 2024, pharmacists have been able to treat seven common health conditions without a prescription. The NHS have ...

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