Monkeypox is caused by the monkeypox virus, pictured here, and not the herpes zoster virus, which causes shingles. (Photo By BSIP/UIG Via Getty Images) Monkeypox is not the same thing as shingles.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new study suggests that getting the vaccine to protect against shingles may be good for your memory as well. "So, shingles is the chicken pox virus that comes out later in life, ...

Diagnosed with a shingles infection in late February, Sen. Dianne Feinstein is now hospitalized and undergoing treatment at a San Francisco hospital. Anyone who has contracted the virus knows how ...

Q: My husband got shingles, and despite an antiviral medication and gabapentin, he is still in pain. Would the vaccine help him now? A: Herpes zoster, also called shingles, is caused by the varicella ...

A recent paper published in Rheumatology reported six female patients who developed herpes zoster infections within 3 to 14 days of receiving either the first or second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech ...

Dear Dr. Roach: A few months ago, you wrote about the benefits of the shingles vaccine. At 63, I’m one of the 1% who has never had, nor been exposed to, chicken pox. I was tested in 2022 for varicella ...

The patient’s nodules were keloid scars due to herpes zoster. With age-related decrease in cell-mediated immunity, the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) that has been lying dormant in a dorsal root ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: A few months ago, you wrote about the benefits of the shingles vaccine. At 63, I’m one of the 1% who has never had, nor been exposed to, chicken pox. I was tested in 2022 for varicella ...