Shingles is “one of the worst pains in medicine.” A vaccine is highly effective at preventing it, but many people don’t get ...

GSK released data from a Phase 3 trial evaluating the co-administration of Arexvy and Shingrix vaccines in adults 50+. The ...

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

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

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

An Australian radio host has detailed the debilitating viral infection she contracted during a luxurious Bali holiday.

Decades later, a declining VZV-specific host immunity [31] leads to virus reactivation, usually resulting in herpes zoster (also known as shingles), which is characterized by pain and rash ...

Varicella is caused by varicella-zoster virus (VZV), an enveloped dsDNA virus responsible for varicella (chickenpox) and herpes zoster (shingles). VZV is one of eight herpesviruses known to infect ...

The latest research suggests that the recombinant shingles vaccine may offer additional benefits. It appears to reduce the ...

1). What should we know when it comes to shingles? Shingles is caused by the same virus as chickenpox, the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). After you recover from chickenpox, the virus continues to ...

Dr. Moffitt’s study above also found that the “severity of your first infection is very predictive of the severity of a ...