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

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 ...

Chickenpox is a common and highly infectious disease caused by the Herpes varicella virus. After an incubation period of 14 to 21 days the illness starts with fever and generally feeling unwell.

The number of Polk County students with religious exemptions from required school immunizations continues to rise. Students ...

The shingles vaccine is already recommended for older adults to prevent the rash and its painful complications. But new ...

Pregnant women and over 75s are being encouraged to take part in a new vaccination programme to protect themselves and unborn ...

Unfortunately, in their enthusiasm to prevent illness and death in children, nurses, doctors and public health officials did ...

Children can also catch chickenpox if exposed to an adult with shingles as the same virus (the varicella zoster virus) causes both illnesses. Shingles is due to a re-awakening of the person's 'own ...

Beginning at a very young age, babies are vaccinated to prevent more than a dozen serious diseases, and failure to vaccinate ...

Beginning at a very young age, babies are vaccinated to prevent more than a dozen serious diseases, and failure to vaccinate ...

Although there are no reported cases of measles in Brazos County, Texas is experiencing its biggest outbreak in 30 years.

A “near-blizzard” hit Rochester on Jan. 2, 1959, with snow and winds of 25 to 35 miles per hour. The storm had swept over ...