The varicella-zoster virus causes both chickenpox and shingles infections. Initially, the virus causes a chickenpox infection. If it reactivates later, shingles can develop. The chickenpox vaccine ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shingles usually appear on the left or right side of the torso (Getty Images) Shingles can be a very painful experience that ...

Many people think shingles—a viral infection that causes a painful rash—is something only older people deal with, given that the risk generally increases with age. But Jacquelyn Gill, a professor at ...

Most people born in the United States before 1980 have been infected with chickenpox or the varicella-zoster virus. Chickenpox remains dormant in your body but can reactivate later as shingles or ...

A new study by researchers at Stanford University and McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, has found evidence that live ...

Getting shingles just once could increase the risk of long-term confusion and memory loss, a new study has found. The study, led by Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, linked the ...

Shingles is a painful blistering rash caused by the chickenpox virus that can last for weeks, months, or even years, and can cause blindness if it gets near the eye, and doctors recommend that people ...