MMRV: What families need to know about the UK's new chickenpox vaccine

The UK has added chickenpox to the routine childhood vaccination schedule for the first time, using a combined MMRV jab that ...
Yahoo

Chickenpox is 'incredibly contagious' and not 'trivial,' say experts. Here's what parents need to know.

The chicken pox vaccine became available in the U.S. in 1995 and, since then, cases of the virus in the U.S. have plummeted. But chicken pox still emerges from time to time. Montana public health ...

'My parents didn't know if I was going to live' - chickenpox vaccine welcomed

A teenager who had to learn to walk again after contracting chickenpox aged two welcomes new free vaccinations.

New ‘life-saving’ chickenpox jab available to millions on the NHS TODAY – is your child eligible?

CHICKENPOX jabs will be offered to all children on the NHS for the first time from today. Vaccination against the varicella ...
Asheville Citizen-Times

Chickenpox on the rise in Buncombe County. What to know, where to immunize

An increase in chickenpox cases has been reported among children in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus, spreading easily in ...
standardmedia.co.ke

Seven facts you need to know about chickenpox

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Chickenpox is a highly contagious viral infection causing an itchy, blister-like rash on ...
MedPage Today

These European Countries Give the Chickenpox Vaccine

During a hearing before the House Appropriations Committee last week, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. stopped short of answering whether he would vaccinate his own child against chickenpox.
WLWT

Cincinnati Health Department raising awareness about cluster of chickenpox in area

The Cincinnati Health Department is urging the public to take proactive steps after a recent cluster of chickenpox cases in the community.The health department said there are currently four cases in ...
Ars Technica

More than half of chickenpox diagnoses are wrong, study finds

Thanks to the vaccination program that began in 1995, chickenpox is now relatively rare. Cases of the miserable, itchy condition have fallen more than 97 percent. But, while children have largely put ...
Healthline

The Varicella Vaccine: Who Needs It, and When Should You Get It?

Chickenpox used to be a common infection in the United States. For example, in the 1990s, about 4 million people got chickenpox every year, and more than 10,000 people experienced hospitalization. In ...

Chicken pox vaccine: How and where to get children free jab as NHS rollout begins

Young children will be offered a free chicken pox jab on the NHS as part of their routine childhood vaccinations for the ...
Oregonian

Dear Doctor: Should older adult, who never had chickenpox, get the shingles vaccine?

DEAR DR. ROACH: A few months ago, you wrote about the benefits of the shingles vaccine. At 63, I’m one of the 1% who has never had, nor been exposed to, chickenpox. I was tested in 2022 for ...