DOCTORS are warning parents that ‘chickenpox parties’ are never a good idea. The gatherings – which aim to expose children to the virus to ‘get it over with’ – ...

Shingles, or herpes zoster, is a viral infection caused by the varicella zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox, ...

Shingles is a tingling, painful rash caused by the same virus as chickenpox. The bug can stay in the body and be reactivated if someone's immune system is weakened by stress, certain health ...

The first known outbreak of the virus in Scotland was in 2007 near Lockerbie, Dumfries, and Galloway, and in spring last year, the first death from squirrel pox of a red squirrel north of the ...

Jane Coulson said she received a tip-off from a concerned mother about the event due to take place at Play World in Gainsborough, Lincolnshir ...

Herpesviruses – Such as herpes simplex and varicella ... disease. Unvaccinated people – Failure to be immunized against viruses such as measles, mumps, and influenza enhances vulnerability ...

The varicella-zoster virus is responsible for about 1 million new shingles cases in the U.S. each year—and shingles vision side effects occur in about 80,000 of them. Despite the relative rarity ...

Some people never fall sick while others fall ill constantly. The surprising reasons behind superhuman immunity and how you ...

The United States has long been the biggest funder for the global fight against tuberculosis - once known as consumption - ...

You can also contract some of these viruses from a mosquito bite ... such as enteroviruses, varicella-zoster virus, herpes simplex, West Nile, and HIV. Symptoms of aseptic meningitis in adults ...