If a rash has recently appeared on your body, you may suspect you have shingles. Generally, shingles lasts an average of four weeks. Shingles is known for the painful rash it causes, and it can appear ...

After talking to your physician, there are a few things you can do to cope with shingles at home. Get enough rest. Use ...

For people over 50, staying informed about potential health problems is essential to maintain an active and healthy lifestyle ...

A Spartanburg County charter school is dealing with a bout of chickenpox. As a result, Global Academy will go to e-learning ...

Once all the pox are crusted over, there is no more risk of contagion and children are usually able to return to school or daycare. The virus that causes chicken pox is varicella-zoster virus (VZV ...

Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus. It leads to itchy rashes with fluid-filled ...

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

It’s the same virus that caused your chickenpox but reawakens when your immune system is weakened. In a radio interview, Family Medicine and Geriatrics Expert Dr. Cheridine Oro-Josef ...

Chickenpox, also known as varicella, is a contagious illness that causes an itchy rash, red spots, blisters, fever, decreased appetite, headache, cough and sore throat. Anyone who may have been ...

Wegmans is recalling frozen chicken nuggets in eight states and the District of Columbia because there may be bone fragments in the packages. A public health alert was issued for frozen ...

since previous work found that repeat expansions in the range of 30 to 100 CAGs were necessary — but not sufficient — to cause Huntington’s. McCarroll agreed that 100 or fewer CAGs are not ...