Shingles is more than a rash. Dr Anirban Chattopadhyay explains how herpes zoster can affect nerves, brain, eyes, ears and ...

If you’ve ever had chickenpox, you’re in good company—about 98 percent of adults in the United States share this experience. However, what many people don’t realize is that the virus responsible for ...

New research published in Nature Reviews Disease Primers is shedding light on the surprisingly broad range of neurological and systemic diseases that can be caused by varicella zoster virus (VZV), the ...

The idea that you can “catch” shingles is one of the more common misconceptions I hear from patients who arrive worried they’ve got it. Often, they’ve recently been near a child with chickenpox or ...