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

Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV). The virus is transmitted through direct ...

The NHS explain s that the rash of spots on your child's body can take on a variety of colours (pink, red, or darker than the ...

IT’S a common childhood illness that most people think they can easily spot… thanks to that tell-tale rash. But chickenpox ...

The MMRV jab protects against chickenpox and its lifelong complications. Here’s what the new vaccination schedule means for ...

A vaccine against chickenpox will be added to the routine NHS childhood vaccination programme - here's everything you need to ...

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

Research has found the shingles vaccine not only prevents the painful, blistering rash in older people, but also protects the ...

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

The NHS is introducing a combined MMRV vaccine to protect children against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox, with ...

UVA Health’s director of hospital epidemiology points to research linking the shingles vaccine to a 20% drop in dementia risk ...

The UK has added chickenpox vaccination and a new 18-month appointment. Changes like these are signs the system is working, ...