Patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can, in rare cases, experience bleeding on the brain that causes a type of stroke called intracerebral hemorrhage. A Loyola University Medical ...

The symptoms are typically rather vague at first: pain, itching, fatigue. Might it be shingles? Dr Kerstin Lommel, chief physician in the Department of Dermatology and Allergology at Berlin's Helios ...

Chickenpox, shingles vaccine may cause eye inflammation, study finds The varicella zoster virus vaccine is the best way to protect against chickenpox and shingles, but recent research from the ...

Scientists have discovered a new evasion strategy used by the varicella zoster virus, which causes chickenpox and shingles, that may allow it to affect tissues far from the original site of infection.

If you had chickenpox as a child, you might have thought it was gone for good. But there's a grown-up version of chickenpox, caused by the same virus that left you red, itchy and miserable as a kid.

An increase in varicella, commonly known as chickenpox, has been recorded in children across Buncombe County. Buncombe County Health and Human Services Public Health staff reported that children ...

Instances of the chickenpox, caused by the varicella-zoster virus, began declining in the United States with the introduction of the varicella vaccination program in 1996. In 2006, physicians began ...

Rowan County Public Health has confirmed a case of chickenpox in a young adult, marking a rare occurrence in the area. The health department is actively providing investigative support, testing, and ...

The MMRV jab protects against chickenpox and its lifelong complications. Here’s what the new vaccination schedule means for your family.

Hello, dear readers! Welcome to our occasional letters column. With long days, warm nights and plenty of outdoor living, it’s time for some reminders. Please protect yourselves from the sun, take ...

14:28, Fri, Jan 2, 2026 Updated: 14:32, Fri, Jan 2, 2026 The NHS is introducing a vaccine against chickenpox for the first time, set to be rolled out from today. It will be added to the UK child ...