Even after the chickenpox infection is over, the virus may live in your nervous system for years before reactivating as shingles. Shingles may also be referred to as herpes zoster. This type of viral infection is characterized by a red skin rash that can cause pain and burning. Shingles usually appears as a stripe of blisters on one side of the body, typically on the torso, neck, or face. Most cases of shingles clear up within two to three weeks.
Charlie Baker Wins the Massachusetts Governorâs Race. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley thanked supporters and cited governor-elect Charlie Bakerâs âgraciousnessââ in a concession speech Wednesday morning at her Somerville headquarters. âI feel like we both won,ââ Coakley said. âWe both raised issues important to Massachusetts.ââ.
A member of the Democratic Party, Patrick served as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division under President Bill Clinton. He was first elected in 2006, succeeding Mitt Romney who chose not to run, and re-elected in 2010.He is the first (and, currently, the only) African-American to have served as Governor of Massachusetts.Born to and raised by a single mother on the South Side of Chicago, Patrick earned a scholarship to Milton Academy in Massachusetts in the eighth grade.He went on to attend Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he was President of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.orn to and raised by a single mother on the South Side of Chicago, Patrick earned a scholarship to Milton Academy in Massachusetts in the eighth grade. He went on to attend Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he was President of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.