Shingles can strike anyone over the age of 50 years and can be an extremely painful, debilitating condition. According to doctors, shingles, which accompany a body rash, are usually caused in those ...

The NHS explain s that the rash of spots on your child's body can take on a variety of colours (pink, red, or darker than the ...

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 never had, nor been exposed to, chicken pox. I was tested in 2022 for varicella ...

An increase in chickenpox cases has been reported among children in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus, spreading easily in ...

The committee voted for separate MMR and varicella vaccines for the first dose in toddlers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) ...

On Sept. 18, the vaccine advisory committee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to change its recommendation on the combined vaccine for chickenpox and measles, mumps and rubella, ...