With recent measles outbreaks in Ohio, the Salem City Health District is reminding Salem residents the importance of ...

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The highly common herpes strain, also called varicella-zoster virus (VZV), can cause chickenpox in childhood and later ...

According to the CDC, one-in-three, or an estimated 1 million people, will develop shingles each year in America.

Isolated chickenpox cases are being observed, with a potential rise expected during school vacations, despite mass ...

Measles cases are rising in Australia and globally. Two paediatric infectious disease experts answer some key questions.

“From my experience, it usually causes lung infections, eye infections, and even rashes in people exposed to the fumes.” Flipping through his 11-year-old son Rehaan’s medical reports, Ahmed said that ...

In the vast white expanse around Churapcha in eastern Siberia, the ever more rapid thaw of the permafrost is changing the landscape, cracking up houses and releasing greenhouse gases. A growing ...

Varicella-zoster (VZV ... a burning and tingling sensation and itching followed by red rashes. The rashes develop into blisters filled with fluid which break, and scabs form.

If your son's first attack when he was 18 months old fits the description given above, it is likely he had chickenpox then in which case he is now immune. His present rash of spots on his face is ...