To avoid another vaccination, some parents are turning to chickenpox parties. Feb. 2, 2009 — -- It's the kind of party any child would want to attend, equipped with the coolest toys, the latest ...

A soft play center owner has slammed “selfish” parents who deliberately hosted a chickenpox party at her venue. Jane Coulson, the owner of an indoor activity center in England, was shocked and ...

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As Tabitha Keller drove her two young children to attend a chickenpox party earlier this year, she felt a moment of doubt about the wisdom of intentionally infecting her kids with the bug. Keller did ...

WILLMAR -- The Minnesota Medical Association issued a strongly worded statement this week about "chickenpox parties," or playdates organized by parents to purposely expose their children to chickenpox ...

PITTSBURGH -- The kids who attend parties at Connie Shoemaker's house get something more than ice cream or cake. They get exposed to chickenpox. Shoemaker and other parents leery of the relatively new ...

Amid a renewed national conversation about childhood vaccinations, Gov. Matt Bevin of Kentucky said this week that he and his wife made sure all nine of their children got chickenpox. “Every single ...

PLANO, Texas, -- It's been a longtime practice among parents who believe in natural immunizations. Chickenpox parties are popular with families who want their children to catch the disease, rather ...

The owner of a soft play centre has criticised ‘shocking and selfish’ parents after it emerged they had planned a secret ‘chickenpox party’ at her venue. Jane Coulson said she received a tip-off from ...

This is how chicken pox use to work. You got it. You itched like crazy for a week and you were over it, forever. But a vaccine became available about ten years ago, and since then many children in the ...