(CNN) — Although the two-dose shingles vaccine may force you to lay low for a day or two after getting the shot, it’s over 90% effective against this painful disease and its complications. Now it ...

Shingles on the leg and groin starts with pain or itching, followed by a rash with fluid-filled blisters. Early antiviral medication can shorten the length and severity of a shingles outbreak or any ...

Shingles, or herpes zoster, is a viral infection caused by the varicella zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox, ...

Wen: You cannot get shingles by being in contact with someone who has shingles. However, someone who never had chickenpox or didn’t get the chickenpox vaccine can get the varicella-zoster virus ...