Aussies who are classified as 'moderate to high risk' and are aged between 18 and 64 now qualify for the immunisation.

About one in three people will develop shingles in their lifetime and nearly all adults aged 50 years and older carry the inactive virus that causes it. But the the risk of develo ...

Unfortunately, investment, research and development are in favour of the developed countries and it is recently that African ...

Herpes zoster (HZ), commonly known as shingles, is a painful blistering rash in dermatomal distribution, caused by the reactivation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) that was acquired during a primary ...

Trial met primary endpoint, non-inferior immune response for both vaccines when co-administered compared with separate ...

Chickenpox is a common and highly infectious ... Younger children may skip this stage and start with a rash. Older children and adults tend to be more unwell with high fever, flu like symptoms ...

Melbourne, Australia The Government has expanded access to GSK's shingles vaccine, Shingrix, to cover individuals aged 18 ...

A man in Saudi Arabia diagnosed with shingles suffered a rare and potentially life-threatening infection that ate away the ...

Zeposia is approved in numerous countries around the world for the treatment of adults with relapsing forms of MS and adults with moderately ... Herpes simplex encephalitis and varicella zoster ...

PHN is characterised by pain lasting from three months to several years after the rash subsides, and it is also the most ...

The older adults home treatment team (OAHTT) is a community based treatment service, which provides intensive support for service users who are in a mental health crisis, and their carers. The OAHTT ...

A hospital worker died after contracting chickenpox in what has been described as a "catastrophic" incident. The staff member's death, which happened within the last year, is being investigated by ...