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Chickenpox is 'incredibly contagious' and not 'trivial,' say experts. Here's what parents need to know.

The chicken pox vaccine became available in the U.S. in 1995 and, since then, cases of the virus in the U.S. have plummeted. But chicken pox still emerges from time to time. Montana public health ...
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CDC: Chickenpox vaccine has almost wiped out severe illness from the virus

Chickenpox vaccines have virtually wiped out severe complications and deaths in American children from the highly contagious virus, a new report finds. Chickenpox —which is caused by the ...
Morning Journal

63-year-old debates getting shingles and chicken pox vaccines

DEAR DR. ROACH: A few months ago, you wrote about the benefits of the shingles vaccine. At 63, I’m one of the 1% who has never had, nor been exposed to, chicken pox. I was tested in 2022 for varicella ...
Oregonian

Dear Doctor: Should older adult, who never had chickenpox, get the shingles vaccine?

DEAR DR. ROACH: A few months ago, you wrote about the benefits of the shingles vaccine. At 63, I’m one of the 1% who has never had, nor been exposed to, chickenpox. I was tested in 2022 for ...