Dr Rehana Kausar Vaccination is one of the most visible success stories of public health. The eradication of smallpox, the ...

This is because each spinal nerve root—one on each side of the body—services a specific area of skin called a dermatome. When a shingles outbreak occurs, only that dermatome on that side of the body ...

A friend asked for a column on shingles. Shingles is a reactivation of the varicella zoster virus that causes chickenpox, and ...

I turned 50 during the pandemic and, like most people, I put off all nonessential health care, including my shingles vaccine. Big mistake. When the telltale red bumps of shingles cropped up on my ...

LONDON - GlaxoSmithKline PLC (LSE/NYSE: NYSE:GSK) announced today that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has begun reviewing a prefilled syringe form of Shingrix, GSK's vaccine for shingles ...

Michael Yaworsky, commissioner of the Florida Office of Insurance Regulators, said at a recent gathering of insurance industry representatives that, when it comes to asphalt shingles, ...

Background: Vaccination is an effective measure to prevent herpes zoster and its related complications. The coverage of herpes zoster vaccination is extremely low in China, and there is a notable lack ...

You can develop shingles on the face. The rash looks like a group of small blisters or lesions that can itch, burn, or tingle. With treatment, the lesions and pain should subside in three to five ...

PF-07915234 is under clinical development by Pfizer and currently in Phase II for Herpes Zoster (Shingles). According to GlobalData, Phase II drugs for Herpes Zoster (Shingles) have a 70% phase ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released new estimates suggesting around 846 million people aged between 15 and 49 live with a genital herpes infection. That's equivalent to one in ...