What happens is that the virus lies dormant in the nervous system, for many years sometimes, and then reemerges as shingles, which causes a painful string of rashes, typically on the face or ...

A rash usually appears one to five days after a fever, headache and other symptoms. Mpox spreads between people through ...

The shingles vaccine is already recommended for older adults to prevent the rash and its painful complications. But new ...

It’s still unclear why some people get a pityriasis rosea rash. A virus may cause it. Most people only get pityriasis rosea once, so you may not have a trigger for the rash and may never have ...

It spreads through direct contact with rashes, skin lesions or scabs caused by the virus, including during sexual contact, kissing, cuddling and other skin-to-skin contact. There is also a risk ...