From the 5 January 2026 children are being offered the MMRV vaccine, which protects against measles, mumps, rubella and ...

Dutch doctors are reporting an unusually high number of chickenpox cases among children this winter, according to data from ...

Children who catch chickenpox are typically advised to stay off school until all spots have formed a scab, which is usually ...

Herpes zoster is shingles. Shingles is a viral infection caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, a form of ...

The Trump administration just had the opportunity to dramatically curtail childhood vaccinations – and it didn’t. Today’s CDC ...

The CDC is strongly recommending the shingles vaccine for adults 50 and older. Learn why this common virus can reactivate and ...

Shingles is a painful viral infection caused by the reactivation of the chickenpox virus, leading to a one-sided blistering ...

New federal guidance to reduce the number of vaccines recommended for all children from 17 vaccines down to 11 comes as ...

New federal guidance calls for reducing the number of vaccines recommended for all children from 17 down to 11. At least 17 ...

The Bay Area has now recorded two measles cases since late last year — an early test of whether one of the nation’s most ...

A Miami-based pediatrician writes that an end to vaccine mandates, supported by Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, could ...

More than 2,140 measles cases were confirmed nationwide last year — the highest total in decades. California accounted for ...