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 ...

Herpes zoster, commonly known as shingles, is a painful skin rash caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), the same virus that causes chickenpox. After a person recovers ...