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 ...

Without treatment fetal or perinatal deaths occur ... If not detected or/treated these live-born infants will display symptoms within weeks or months of birth. [8] Early manifestations of ...

and gastrointestinal symptoms. Shingles responds well to antiviral treatment, and the pain is typically handled by over-the-counter medications. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...

When Nancy Greeley was in her 50s, her sister, an infectious-disease specialist at the University of Rochester, told her to ...

Children's Hospital of Michigan is treating the first person in Michigan with a newly approved gene-editing therapy for beta thalassemia.

The trial testing the immune response of co-administration of GSK's blockbuster vaccines, Shingrix and Arexvy, in adults over ...

Topline results were announced from a phase 3 study assessing the immune response following coadministration of Arexvy and Shingrix.

With sales of its flagship shingles vaccine Shingrix separately faltering, new data on co-administration of the two adult vaccines could provide a new way for the company to promote the jabs.

WebMD shows how to avoid making things worse with bad habits. WebMD's low back pain slideshow explains the most common causes of low back pain and what you can do to help alleviate it.

GSK has revised its annual vaccine sales forecast following new guidance on RSV from the CDC. But new evidence offers new ...

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