Chicken pox (varicella) is the disease people get when they are exposed to the varicella-zoster virus for the first time.

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 ...

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

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There is a vaccine for shingles that's more than 90% effective but only about a quarter of eligible adults get it. "I'm hoping that we help a lot of people," Cohen said. "I really, that is my ...

It was just the two of us, and he started laying shingles on ... was on its last legs to a custodian friend in Albuquerque, and he drove it for five more years. In my line of work talking to ...