Analysis assessed 500,000 skilled-nursing facility residents in the U.S.

Older adults who received a shingles vaccine after a stay in a skilled nursing facility had a 24% lower risk of being ...

Shingles complications include postherpetic neuralgia, vision problems, and secondary bacterial infections. Prompt shingles treatment can help prevent complications. Shingles happens due to the ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 29, 2023) A study published in Environment International finds high pesticide exposure incidence associated with shingles, a varicella-zoster virus (the same highly ...

Herpes and shingles both cause blistering rashes. Herpes typically affects the face or mouth, or the genitals or rectum. In contrast, shingles usually affects one side of the body close to the ...

The idea that you can “catch” shingles is one of the more common misconceptions I hear from patients who arrive worried they’ve got it. Often, they’ve recently been near a child with chickenpox or ...