Health care professionals say there’s a lot you can do to prevent the spread of chickenpox. They say the first thing you ...

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

Chickenpox is highly contagious and causes fever, fatigue, and a rash that can develop into hundreds of itchy blisters.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most children today receive the chickenpox vaccine as a routine part of childhood immunizations. Solidcolours/E+ via Getty Images ...

Cases have surged as children returned to school after the festive holidays 🤒 ...

As vaccine sceptic attitudes continue to spread in political groups on both sides of the Atlantic, the UK government is now offering vaccination against chickenpox. As of 2 January general practices ...

A chickenpox vaccine will soon be rolled out on the NHS in England, the government has confirmed. The jab, available from January, currently costs around £150 when bought privately. It will now be ...

Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin said he deliberately exposed his kids to chickenpox, instead of vaccinating them against the common childhood illness. Speaking to local radio station WKCT on Tuesday, ...

A vaccine which protects against chickenpox is to be rolled out across the NHS for the first time. Youngsters across the country will now be offered the vaccine along with the MMR jab, which protects ...

Infants are not protected against the varicella-zoster virus, the virus that causes chickenpox, for several months before they are eligible for vaccination, a new study has found. In some cases, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In July 2021, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention presentation obtained by the press noted that the delta variant of COVID-19 “is as transmissible as chickenpox.” As some ...