Shingles News

• Shingles clinic set for March 2
  CRYSTAL LAKE – The McHenry County Department of Health has available appointments for its shingles clinic set for March 2. […]
• Vaccine lowers odds of getting shingles, severity
  BLOOMINGTON — Shingles is misunderstood and underestimated. “Most people don’t understand what causes it,” said Dr. Thomas Murphy, a family medicine physician with OSF Medical Group-Reynolds Street in Pontiac. “They lump it with other rashes." […]
• Incomparable pain of shingles a vivid memory for Bloomington man
  BLOOMINGTON — Sid Swearingen was accustomed to pain. […]
• Somerset Berkley High wrestling team exposed to shingles at tourney; 2 sent home
  Members of the high school wrestling team were exposed to shingles at a state tournament, leading the school to send two students to be tested and canceling of wrestling and cheerleading activities. Two students who had open wounds or rashes were sent home to be tested for shingles and or MRSA, a type of staph bacteria, according to an email sent from the ad […]
• Shingles blow amid vaccine shortage
  NHS plans to immunise older people against shingles have suffered a setback owing to a shortage of vaccine. […]
• Shingles is a return of chickenpox virus
  DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Two MDs told me that I have shingles, brought on by stress. That is true because I did not want to move permanently from the North to the South. I was pressured by my husband, who is 86. I did all the packing and made the travel... […]
• HOUSE CALL: Singles — How you can protect yourself from this painful virus
  If you have had chickenpox in the past, then you are at risk for shingles. Known as Herpes Zoster, shingles is a localized, blistering rash which can become painful. It's caused by a herpes virus call […]