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 ...

It’s been a year since the gene-editing treatment Casgevy was approved for sickle cell disease and a related blood disorder.

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.

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

The infection can last for up to four weeks but pharmacists can help treat shingles quickly to help reduce the pain for the ...

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

and I have read estimates that somewhere between 13% to 30% of people over 80 with shingles will develop PHN. Now that she’s ...

I don’t know of any treatment that will improve the likelihood ... but older people who have not had the newer two-dose shingles vaccine (Shingrix) should get it, even if they had the old ...

“Patients sometimes tell me that they ‘hear bad things’ about [ED treatments],” Dr. Gross told The Post. “These medications are among the most broadly prescribed drugs of the last ...

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 ...

Four antiviral drugs have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of influenza: For most people, the flu goes away on its own within two weeks. Most fevers last ...