About one in three people will develop shingles in their lifetime and nearly all adults aged 50 years and older carry the inactive virus that causes it. But the the risk of develo ...

More than 200,000 Australians who are immunocompromised will gain free access to the shingles vaccine in an expansion of a ...

Here is everything you need to know about the vaccination expansion. Shingles is a viral infection that causes a painful blistering rash as a result of the reactivation of the same virus that causes ...

LONDON -- A rare tornado touched down in England, toppling trees, tearing off roof tiles and terrifying residents. Nobody was injured by the twister that struck Aldershot, a town about 50 kilometers ...

Closer takes a look at five vaccines you should get after you turn 50 to help protect against illness. Shingles: “The first ...

British drugmaker GSK said on Wednesday administration of its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine and shingles shot ...

GSK recorded positive topline data in a late stage trial of its respiratory syncytial virus vaccine combined with a shingles vaccine in treating adults 50 years and older.

6 Shingles is a painful, blistering rash that can last for weeks. Because it is caused by the reactivation of the varicella zoster virus (VZV)—the same virus that causes chickenpox—99% of US adults ...

Additionally, Dr. Brangman says that the Tdap vaccine, which protects against tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough, is also ...

Shingles is in the same viral family as herpes simplex. At first, it may be difficult to tell the two conditions apart because they cause blistering rashes. But shingles, unlike herpes ...

Shingles is a viral infection that can occur anywhere on the body and result in a painful rash. The varicella-zoster virus, which is the same one that causes chickenpox, that’s responsible for ...