Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman nearly died of a flesh-eating skin infection that she contracted while ill with shingles. Her diabetes and shingles rash ...

Shingles is an infection caused by a virus. The main symptom is a painful rash. The virus that causes shingles is called varicella zoster. It's the same virus that causes chickenpox. You can think of ...

While most people only experience shingles once, it can recur, especially in individuals with weakened immune systems. The average time between infections is 2-3 years. Risk factors for recurring ...

A woman nearly died of a flesh-eating skin infection that she contracted while ill with shingles. Her diabetes and shingles rash both put her at high risk for coinfection with more dangerous bacteria.

A woman survived a rare flesh-eating infection that destroyed a massive chunk of tissue on her back, according to a case report by doctors at Balıkesir University Hospital in Turkey. The 59-year-old ...