I turned 50 during the pandemic and, like most people, I put off all nonessential health care, including my shingles vaccine. Big mistake. When the telltale red bumps of shingles cropped up on my ...

Shingles typically start with tingly, prickly skin (I felt like I was getting a tattoo on my forehead) and develop into a painful, itchy red rash with fluid-filled blisters and scabs within one to ...