The risk of shingles-related blindness increases with age, but a more effective vaccine is now available for those 50 and older.

For a long time, scientists assumed the virus that causes both chickenpox and shingles stayed dormant in the body after infection. But new evidence suggests the shingles virus may be linked to ...

Shingles, a virus that can cause painful rashes and serious complications, is more common than many think. Dr. Jon LaPook ...

New research is providing fresh support for the decades-old idea that viral infections can play a role in at least some ...

Positive data from 876-patient head-to-head trial versus Shingrix ® shows amezosvatein elicits robust humoral and cellular immune responses with comparatively lower reactogeni ...

While side effects can feel like a downside of the shingles vaccine, keep in mind that the symptoms you’re having mean that your immune system is learning to build a defense against the shingle ...

Although there is no cure for shingles, early treatment with drugs that fight the virus can help the blisters dry up faster and limit severe pain. Shingles can often be treated at home.

According to doctors, both chickenpox and shingles are caused by the same pathogen -- the varicella zoster virus. Anyone who has had chickenpox is at risk of developing shingles. Most adults have been ...

A study of around 500,000 medical records suggested that severe viral infections like encephalitis and pneumonia increase the risk of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

Marburg virus disease has killed 11 people and sickened 25 others in Rwanda, which declared an outbreak on Sept. 27. Similar to Ebola, the rare but very severe illness can be fatal in up to 88% of ...

Eleven people have died in Rwanda as the African country continues to fight an outbreak of Marburg virus. The Rwandan government said there were 36 confirmed cases of the virus in its latest ...

Officials confirmed that the medical student, who had been in Rwanda as part of their studies, showed no symptoms of the Marburg virus and tested negative through a PCR test. The student had come ...