Shingles — medically known as herpes zoster — is a painful, blistering rash caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), which is the same virus that causes chickenpox, according to the U.S. Centers ...
Shingles is a painful rash caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. About 30 per cent of adults will develop shingles in their lifetime and 10 per cent will develop lingering and ...
When Nancy Greeley was in her 50s, her sister, an infectious-disease specialist at the University of Rochester, told her to get the shingles vaccine. Despite Greeley’s best intentions ...