Varicella-zoster virus causes chickenpox and is a member of the herpes virus group. It is extremely contagious and causes a ...

Zero shingles cases after 18.8 months follow-up in 619 patients receiving any dose of amezosvatein, a development-stage adjuvanted subunit ...

Notably, quarterly sales of the company’s RSV vaccine, which became a blockbuster after debuting last year, fell by more than 70% year over year, in part due to narrower U.S. recommendations for ...

All doses of Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster diabetes and obesity treatments are listed as available on the Food and Drug Administration’s drug shortage list as of Wednesday, raising the ...

The new images reveal the shockwaves generated by these stellar eruptions, which began with an explosive star collapse that was visible to astronomers on Earth nearly 1,000 years ago. Peering deep ...

This Perspective considers present and historical paradigms of therapeutic cancer vaccines and describes a conceptual framework, termed Vax-Innate, to simultaneously generate robust tumour ...

Herpes is not curable, but it is treatable. Antiviral drugs, like Valtrex (valacyclovir) and Zovirax (acyclovir), not only heal herpes sores faster than other options, but they work to prevent ...

Pain, nerve damage, encephalitis (brain infection), and strokes can occur with untreated ZSH. Receiving the herpes zoster vaccine greatly reduces the risk of contracting VZV and ZSH. The best way to ...

The varicella vaccine is highly effective ... jiac390 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About shingles (herpes zoster). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Taliban has ordered media in three provinces of Afghanistan to stop airing images of any living being, a drastic step widely criticized by journalism and civil liberty groups. A Taliban ...

From spines on neurons to pollen on an insect’s eye, the winners of Nikon’s Small World photo contest offer a kaleidoscopic glimpse into a tiny world. These water fleas (Daphnia sp.) can ...

This year’s COVID vaccine is a little different from previous versions, not to mention that there are three different options for your shot this year (more on that in a moment). So it’s safe ...