A 58-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital 3 weeks after lumbar surgery because of diplopia and fever. Left leg pain and a rash had preceded the fever and diplopia. A diagnosis was made.

Vaccines save millions of lives every year by preventing life-threatening illnesses such as measles, polio, and influenza. The Covid-19 vaccine is estimated ...

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But there’s one side effect that’s well established but little known and still puzzling to doctors: the “keto rash” or prurigo pigmentosa. This rash fits the man’s case perfectly—red, raised, itchy ...

Treponema pallidum, a microorganism that can cause a deadly sexually transmitted disease in humans, may have a far more ancient lineage than scientists once thought ...

Emily McAllister was diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS), a rare and debilitating skin disease that resulted in the ...

A new study from the University of Southern California found that a recommended vaccine for older adults may not only prevent ...

Iraan-Sheffield ISD is notifying families of a confirmed case of shingles, also known as herpes zoster, reported within the ...

Learn how the shingles vaccine puts the brakes on aging by helping the immune system fight chronic inflammation.

While scabies is generally not a serious condition, people with weakened immune systems can contract a more rare form known ...

A study showed people 70 or older who had the shingles jab scored better on four key aspects of biological aging.

Scabies is a highly infectious disease which is spread through close skin contact. This means if one person becomes infected ...