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 ...

The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) is warning of a potential chickenpox exposure at the Montreal Children’s Hospital ...

I turned 50 during the pandemic and, like most people, I put off all nonessential health care, including my shingles vaccine. Big mistake. When the telltale red bumps of shingles cropped up on my face ...

On the occasion of National Girl Child Day (24th January 2025), Novo Medi Sciences (Novo Group), in collaboration with 150 ...

Sheryl Lee Ralph exclusively told Us Weekly she is ready to reunite with Denzel Washington for an 'adult rom-com' ...

In an exclusive interview with SheKnows, Sheryl Lee Ralph spoke about the importance of health discussions with your family!

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 ...

But an active shingles rash is highly contagious to other people until the blisters dry up and scab over. If someone who’s never had chickenpox comes in direct contact with the rash, they may ...

Chickenpox is a highly contagious viral infection that causes a skin rash, starting with red bumps ... But the virus can return as shingles, for which a separate vaccine is available.

People aged 50 and over and those who are immunocompromised are more at risk of getting shingles, as well as developing a ...

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 ...

However the virus tends to remain hidden or latent in the body - around the nerves coming out of the spine - and can recur in later life as shingles ... chickenpox. It is more likely that his rash ...