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

The infection—which can trigger a painful, blistering rash—is caused by the chickenpox virus. Here’s how you can get it and how to prevent it. A colorized transmission electron micrograph of the ...

Chickenpox may be fairly rare these days, thanks to the vaccine introduced for it in 1995. But if you’re one of the millions of Americans who had chickenpox in your youth, you probably know it can ...

Alerts have been issued about the rising number of chickenpox cases in Northern New South Wales this year. Meanwhile, chickenpox continues to spread across Australia with 2,010 notified cases so far ...

For the first time, children will be offered vaccination on the NHS against the common infection which, in rare cases, can be ...