A Chicago man whose story of waking up to what he believed was a rat chewing on his face captured the attention of millions ...

Fri, July 3, 2026 at 3:12 PM UTC Last week, FOX Chicago introduced viewers to Heriverto Hernandez, who said he woke up around 3 a.m. inside his Rogers Park apartment to what he believed was a rat ...

A Rogers Park man who said a rat chewed on his face while he slept has been diagnosed with shingles affecting his eye after doctors saw Fox Chicago’s report. An ophthalmologist who recognized warning ...

The main oral medications available in Japan for herpes zoster (varicella-zoster virus, VZV) are acyclovir, valacyclovir, famciclovir, and amenamevir. Among these, amenamevir is very easy to use in ...

Mary Choy, PharmD, is board-certified in geriatric pharmacotherapy and is an active leader in professional pharmacy associations. Eyebrow pain can be due to tension headaches or migraines, but it can ...

Objectives Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) relies on immunomodulatory drugs that can compromise immunity, inducing secondary immunodeficiency (SID). However, features of SID, such as ...

Children who have previously had chickenpox can get shingles. In very rare cases, shingles can also be a reaction to the chickenpox vaccine. A painful rash, fever, nausea, and chills are common ...

The second dose of Shingrix, a vaccine approved by the FDA for adults ages 50 and older, often causes side effects like muscle pain, chills, fatigue, and headache. These symptoms are more common with ...

SLT and AJH are at the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, UK Reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus as herpes zoster is ...

Vaccine Tied to Reduced Risks for Heart Attack, Stroke Shingles vaccination also associated with reduced risk for herpes zoster ophthalmicus Aug 18, 2025 • 3 min read ...

Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is caused by the varicella virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. Shingles occurs when the chickenpox virus reactivates in our body. Our immune system ...

Casey Gallagher, MD, is a board-certified dermatologist and clinical professor based in Colorado. Shingles is caused by the varicella zoster virus, while herpes is caused by different herpes simplex ...