Medically reviewed by Jonathan B. Jassey, DO Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is the virus that causes chickenpox and shingles.

Many Brits might unknowingly be walking a knife’s edge with their health, as an expert warned if left untreated, the disease ...

Shingles, also called zoster, looks like blisters on the skin and can be excruciating It's the chickenpox virus that reactivates causing a rash and nerve pain. Shingles of the eye can cause ...

Examples include eczema, chickenpox, psoriasis, and shingles. It can be hard to identify a skin rash since many cause similar symptoms. A skin rash is generally defined as an area of irritated ...

A pharmacist has issued a warning to the public about shingles, a common "dormant" condition that affects one in three adults at some point in their lives. Niamh McMillan, Superdrug's Pharmacy ...

There's a potential new treatment for people who develop shingles that spread to the eye. Doctors say about 8% of shingles ...

The highly neuroinflammatory disease caused by herpes zoster (HZ) virus triggers a painful, itchy rash that’s more common in older adults, according to the Mayo Clinic. Shingles can also cause stroke ...

The virus spreads down a nerve pathway to cause a painful blistering rash in the skin area that the nerve wires. In about 8 percent of the more than 1 million new shingles cases in the United States ...

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Zero shingles cases after 18.8 months follow-up in 619 patients receiving any dose of amezosvatein, a development-stage adjuvanted subunit ...

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