Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s office has confirmed reports detailing new health complications that may have resulted from the congressional giant’s bout with shingles. Her spokesman Adam Russell ...

(THE CONVERSATION) – Over 90% of the world population has the virus that causes chickenpox lying dormant in their nervous system. Most people contract the varicella zoster virus, or VZV, when they get ...

Shingles, the infection that sent Sen. Dianne Feinstein to the hospital in February, affects a third of Americans. But the related complications the 89-year-old senator faced - encephalitis and Ramsay ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the 89-year-old who was diagnosed with shingles in February, confirmed Thursday she "continues to have complications" from a viral infection ...

A 29-year-old healthy man experienced a rare case of losing six teeth followed by upper jaw osteonecrosis due to an infection with shingles, a rash caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. The ...

The shingles vaccine is intended to prevent shingles, a painful rash caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, also known as herpes zoster, but a new study suggests that it could have ...

More than 90 percent of the world’s population has the virus that causes chickenpox lying dormant in their nervous system. Most people contract the varicella-zoster virus, or VZV, when they get ...

The singer revealed he has been diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome. Justin Bieber took to Instagram to explain that he has been diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome, which can temporarily paralyze ...

Many of us experienced chickenpox as kids. The illness, which typically causes fever, headache, appetite loss, and an itchy, bumpy, red rash, is caused by Varicella zoster virus (VZV). Even though we ...

Researchers report an alarming increase in varicella zoster virus (VZV) infections in adults calling for vaccination and public health measures The study was led by Professor Tetsushi Yoshikawa, along ...

If you're over age 50 or have a suppressed immune system, you may have heard your doctor recommend the shingles vaccine. But ...

Varicella is caused by varicella-zoster virus (VZV), an enveloped dsDNA virus responsible for varicella (chickenpox) and herpes zoster (shingles). VZV is one of eight herpesviruses known to infect ...