From January, health visitors will start offering vaccines at home in 12 areas across England, targeting busy families.

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

The NHS is raising awareness of a change to a vaccine offer, which means for the first time it will include a vaccination ...

Dr Babak Ashrafi, a member of Superdrug’s Online Doctor team, explained: “Shingles can come as a shock, many people wake up ...

Families across Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire can now get their children protected against chicken pox. The NHS added the ...

The new MMRV vaccine replaces the MMR jab and also protects against chickenpox, in addition to measles, mumps, and rubella. It has been added to the UK childhood immunisation schedule to offer broader ...

My relationship with my mum could never be described as close. But it wasn't until I had chickenpox, aged 11, that my latent ...

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

The NHS has shared guidance helping parents decide when children should stay home from school, covering illnesses like ...

The NHS in the south west is outlining its plan to eliminate cervical cancer by 2040. As January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, the NHS is urging those eligible to take up cervical screening and ...

Two major illnesses that the NHS mentions is Covid-19 and measles. For Covid, the health service states that if your child ...

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