DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A friend recently went through a bout of shingles. I really don’t know much about this condition, but I know it was painful. How do you get it? Is there a treatment or vaccine for it ...

The varicella-zoster virus causes both chickenpox and shingles infections. Initially, the virus causes a chickenpox infection. If it reactivates later, shingles can develop. The chickenpox vaccine ...

Long-term Jakafi exposure increases non-melanoma skin cancer and shingles risk in myelofibrosis patients. Short-term Jakafi exposure is linked to higher pneumonia, sepsis, and urinary tract infection ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A friend recently went through a bout of shingles. I really don't know much about this condition, but I know it was painful. How do you get it? Is there a treatment or vaccine for it ...

There’s a life-altering infection out there that’s plaguing people 65 and older, but it’s not the novel coronavirus. It’s shingles, which is recognizable by a painful rash and blisters that scab and ...

Shingles is a painful blistering rash caused by the chickenpox virus that can last for weeks, months, or even years, and can ...

Researchers at the University of Oxford report that a routine shingles shot may do more than prevent a painful rash. Their work, supported by the National Institute for Health and other funders, ...

Donna Kelce, mother of NFL stars Travis and Jason Kelce, raises awareness about shingles, a painful condition affecting ...