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

GP Alice Fitzgibbon covers a common condition many people will have heard of – shingles. Shingles is an infection that causes ...

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

In March 2023, my 94-year-old mother had a shingles episode on the right side of her neck, head, ear and (to a lesser degree) ...

It is recommended that adults 50 and older receive two doses of Shingrix, the shingles vaccine, two to six months apart, per ...

However, older adults may be due for other vaccines they can get at any time, such as the shingles vaccine ... an assistant ...

She tested a new way to treat shingles of the eye with an antiviral drug for a year rather than the usual seven to 10 days. Patients with zoster eye disease, who received a placebo, had a 44% risk ...

By Keith Roach, M.D. TITLE: 63-year-old debates getting shingles and chicken pox vaccines---DEAR DR. ROACH: A few months ago, yo ...

"The results of this study provide convincing evidence for using long-term, low-dose antiviral treatment to reduce eye disease in HZO and decrease pain from shingles." Conducted in 95 medical centers ...

Curevo’s lead product is amezosvatein, a non-mRNA sub-unit vaccine to prevent shingles, a serious medical condition involving a painful, blistering skin rash where 10-18% of people also develop ...

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