IT’S that time of year where parents brace themselves for an onslaught of winter bugs. With health bosses warning of a spike ...

If you have eczema you’ll be all too familiar with those cracked, dry, and scaly patches of skin that show up a bright red on ...

Shingles, also referred to as herpes zoster ... maximising the increasing opportunities to prevent and treat disease. At the heart of this is the company's R&D focus on the science of the immune ...

Housing remained the focus of the NDP on Tuesday, as leader Claudia Chender promised to create a compliance and enforcement ...

Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservatives say that if re-elected Nov. 26 they will introduce a universal shingles vaccine program for people 65 and older.

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 ...

When your skin is red, itchy, and irritated, it could be a rash or it might be hives. Check out the symptoms and the best ...

The blistering skin rash accompanying shingles also causes severe pain ... pain lasting over six months and often beyond one year. There is no approved treatment for PHN. Shingles may also affect the ...

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

Russia struck a major Ukrainian hospital used to treat injured soldiers, killing at least five people, Ukrainian officials said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the Mechnikov ...

There's a potential new treatment for people who develop ... It's the chickenpox virus that reactivates causing a rash and nerve pain. Shingles of the eye can cause scarring and vision loss.