Adi Himelbloy and Bar Zomer are not alone: Following testimonies from young people who contracted shingles and the increase in public discourse surrounding the disease, the question arises whether this is a new phenomenon – or simply a matter of higher awareness.Dr. Ian Miskin, an infectious disease specialist, member of the Israel Association of Family Physicians, and head of the Department of Family Medicine at the Hebrew University, makes sense of the phenomenon, explains what actually