The Latest Breaking News from Shingles

Exclusive: The RTE star was left in severe pain for three weeks when she was a teenager after contracting the illness.

Lingering symptoms are common following an illness, yet some side effects potentially linked with long COVID are proving unusual.

Justin Bieber on Friday told fans in a video posted to Instagram that he's been diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome, which is causing him partial facial paralysis. The 28-year-old pop singer recently announced he was pausing his Justice World Tour due to illness, hours before his first slated concert in…

According to Mayo Clinic, the syndrome is triggered by the same virus that causes chicken pox and shingles.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has called off a series of in-person meetings in Germany and Romania because he has contracted shingles

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has been diagnosed with shingles and will therefore hold talks scheduled in Germany and Romania only remotely, a NATO official said on Thursday.

Paris (AFP) - The recent emergence of hundreds of cases of monkeypox worldwide has already triggered a flood of misinformation online, much of it modelled on conspiracy theories that have been circulating since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Monkeypox cases continue to rise across the globe. It is well-known the disease causes rashes on the body, but how you can tell the difference between monkeypox or another condition synonymous with rashes - shingles?

Shingles is the adult form of chickenpox and infections can be just as painful and debilitating as in childhood. There are five common early warning signs that can be a good indicator of a re-infection.