Dear Dr. Roach: A few months ago, you wrote about the benefits of the shingles vaccine. At 63, I’m one of the 1% who has never had, nor been exposed to, chicken pox. I was tested in 2022 for ...

While most people recover, shingles can lead to an agonizing nerve-related issue called postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) that can ...

The varicella vaccine is highly effective ... about 1-2 days before the characteristic chickenpox rash appears. Early ...

Vaccinations ... long after the infection is gone. "A chickenpox immunisation has been available for many years but not on the High Street until now. Having suffered from severe chicken pox ...

The chickenpox vaccine has seen thousands of US children avoid going to hospital in the last decade A North Carolina ... 110 have not received the vaccine for the varicella virus, known to most ...