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Shingles, caused by varicella-zoster virus, is a painful infection that can lead to serious complications if left untreated.

HEALTH bosses have laid out the symptoms of a common infection so that you can catch it early. The HSE have warned people ...

Many people think shingles—a viral infection that causes a painful rash—is something only older people deal with, given that the risk generally increases with age. But Jacquelyn Gill, a professor at ...

Collage: Self ; Source Photos: Getty Images Thanks to its hallmark rash, which is characterized by red to brownish bumps that blister, leak fluid, and scab over, shingles, a.k.a. herpes zoster ...

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A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one – shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to ...