In a study published in PLOS Pathogens in June 2015, scientists at Bar-Ilan University in Israel report on a novel experimental model that, for the first time, successfully mimics the “sleeping” and “waking” of the varicella-zoster virus. The red, itchy rash caused by varicella-zoster, chickenpox virus usually disappears within a week or two. Yet once… Continue reading Hope for Preventing Shingles