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

As hurricane season approaches, homeowners must take proactive steps to safeguard their property, especially their roofs.

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 ...

More than 200,000 Australians who are immunocompromised will gain free access to the shingles vaccine in an expansion of a ...

LONDON -- A rare tornado touched down in England, toppling trees, tearing off roof tiles and terrifying residents. Nobody was injured by the twister that struck Aldershot, a town about 50 kilometers ...

Closer takes a look at five vaccines you should get after you turn 50 to help protect against illness. Shingles: “The first ...

British drugmaker GSK said on Wednesday administration of its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine and shingles shot ...

“[Roofs] discolor, they become more brittle, maybe some shingles flake off.” The elements can cause wear and tear to a roof over time. You may notice signs such as the following: Any ...

If a stroke is not caught early, permanent brain damage or death can result. Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. It's also one of the top causes of disability.

Shingles is in the same viral family as herpes simplex. At first, it may be difficult to tell the two conditions apart because they cause blistering rashes. But shingles, unlike herpes ...

Shingles is a viral infection that can occur anywhere on the body and result in a painful rash. The varicella-zoster virus, which is the same one that causes chickenpox, that’s responsible for ...

The commercials go out to tell us that 99 per cent of adults 50 years or older already have the virus that causes shingles inside them and it can reactivate at any time. The Ontario government ...