After talking to your physician, there are a few things you can do to cope with shingles at home. Use calamine lotion on ...

According to doctors, shingles, which accompany a body rash, are usually caused in those who had chickenpox when they were young. Caused by the varicella-zoster virus—the same virus that causes ...

Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease that only affects a person once in their lifetime Only in rare cases can people ...

Shingles is a painful rash which occurs in someone who has previously had chickenpox. Ever since your mother had chickenpox the Varicella Zoster virus which caused it has laid silently in the ...

Many of us think of chickenpox as a childhood illness, a harmless rite of passage that fades into memory once the itchy blisters heal. However, what most people don’t realize is that the virus behind ...

You don’t need the vaccine if you’ve already had chickenpox, since having the disease gives you lifelong immunity. But the virus can return as shingles, for which a separate vaccine is available.

Subsidies and existing MediSave schemes could possibly bring the out-of-pocket cost of Shingrix down to zero, says Health ...

MediSave can be used to pay for the cost of the vaccine after subsidies from 2026. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A team of researchers, led by James Mbinta, believes the shingles vaccine could play a crucial role in reducing the risk of ...

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

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 ...