A recent study shows adults with cardiovascular disease (CVD) have a higher risk of developing shingles. People who have two or more chronic conditions, including CVD, asthma, diabetes, or COPD, are ...

A second study presented at IDWeek showed that shingles vaccination decreases the risk for death and heart disease — this time among people living with HIV.“Shingles is usually thought of as a painful ...

Shingles is a painful, blistering rash that can last for weeks, potentially disrupting work, family time, hobbies, sleep and ...

Several observational analyses suggest higher cardiovascular and dementia risks in those with and without HIV who get ...

The idea that you can "catch" shingles is one of the more common misconceptions I hear from patients who arrive worried ...

Shingles of any type is believed to affect around 1 in 3 people in their lifetime and it’s estimated that up to 1 million new cases of shingles will occur in the United States each year. Shingles (or ...

VON ORMY, Texas – A man was arrested and another is “under investigation” after stealing roof shingles at a construction site in Von Ormy, according to San Antonio police. The robbery was reported ...

A year after his first shingles outbreak, one marathon runner’s familiar rash turned into an unexpected diagnosis Tereza Shkurtaj is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working for PEOPLE since ...

While training for a marathon, a 26-year-old runner developed a widespread rash that resembled a previous shingles outbreak Antivirals prescribed by his primary care doctor weren't working, so he was ...

Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published Feb. 21, 2020. Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase ...

If you’ve ever had chickenpox in your childhood, chances are you’re likely to develop shingles in the future. While people might assume that shingles — a painful, blistering rash — only affects older ...