Pop star Justin Bieber announced his face is partially paralyzed by a viral condition called Ramsay Hunt syndrome, caused by the same virus, varicella-zoster, that causes chicken pox and shingles. Pop ...

The following column was originally published Feb. 21, 2020. Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life ...

With the World Health Organization declaring monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern on Saturday, the United States falls into a category where human-to-human transmission is ...

Shingles, caused by the reactivation of the chickenpox virus, can affect people of any age, not just older adults, and is increasingly being seen in younger patients. Elizabeth Matthews shared her ...

Cells secrete exosomes carrying molecules that play a critical role in both health and disease. Meletios Verras/iStock via Getty Images Plus Over 90% of the world population has the virus that causes ...

My daughter had red spots on her face and they stopped us boarding our plane - COMMENT: Why? Because they realised she had ...

(THE CONVERSATION) – Over 90% of the world population has the virus that causes chickenpox lying dormant in their nervous system. Most people contract the varicella zoster virus, or VZV, when they get ...