Shingles generally lasts about three to five weeks. The rash associated with shingles usually crusts over within seven to 10 days for people with a healthy immune system and then clears up within two ...

More than 200,000 Australians who are immunocompromised will gain free access to the shingles vaccine in an expansion of a ...

When Francine Burge, 58, a marketing manager for the state of Nevada, had shingles seven years ago, the rash appeared on her forehead, and she worried that the virus might travel to her eye and ...

More than 200,000 Australians will now be eligible for a free shingles vaccinations, as the government expands their ...

Good hygiene, such as hand washing and thorough home and bathroom cleaning, can help keep shingles from spreading. It is also important to cover the rash and avoid touching or scratching it. Although ...

More Australians will be able to get a free vaccine for the painful condition shingles. Aussies ages 18 to 64 who are classed ...

“By expanding eligibility for the free shingles vaccination, the Albanese Government is protecting more at-risk Australians from this debilitating virus.” Shingles is a viral infection that causes a ...

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 ...

Media identity Jodie Oddy has returned from a Bali holiday with shingles. Oddy and Andrew Hayes co-host the breakfast show on ...

Shingles is a viral infection that causes a painful, blistering rash.It is caused by the same virus as chickenpox, called the varicella zoster virus. (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Auto news ...