Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is associated with increased susceptibility to infections, including herpes ...

Patients with vitiligo have a greater incidence rate of herpes zoster virus when compared with matched patients without vitiligo.

While lifesaving vaccines face a relentless onslaught from the Trump administration—with fervent anti-vaccine advocate Robert ...

Experts urge India to adopt a comprehensive vaccination strategy for shingles, highlighting its underestimated health burden ...

A shingles shot might do more than prevent a painful rash — it could actually help slow down the aging process. In a large national study of more than 3,800 Americans age 70 and older, those who ...

Shingles is painful and affects adults. Learn how it hides in your body and how the vaccines offer protection.

Written by Dr Randeep Guleria . Healthy ageing is increasingly understood not simply as the absence of disease, but as the ...

A visible rash on Donald Trump's neck has ignited fresh health speculation online, with internet users suggesting conditions ranging from shingles to "decaying." The development has also revived ...

Shingles, caused by the chickenpox virus reactivating, is more common and severe in adults over 50. Shingles Awareness Week (24 Feb–2 Mar) focuses on prevention, early detection, and vaccination to ...

A shingles vaccine may do more than prevent a painful rash. New research from the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology suggests it could also be ...

Previous studies have indicated that reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus (VZV) might be associated with relapse in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Sotelo et al. examined patients with ...

In a study of lab-engineered cells, researchers identify how the immune system neutralizes the herpesvirus. The research maps, for the first time, the maneuvers used by virus and host in the cell ...