Florida’s medical community came out in force on Friday at a Department of Health workshop in Panama City on vaccine ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am writing to get your opinion on whether I should get the shingles vaccine. My sister and I somehow managed to avoid contracting chicken pox as children. My sister came down with ...

ITHACA, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Health officials are warning that visitors to the Ithaca Science Center on Saturday, Nov. 15, between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., may have been exposed to the chickenpox virus.

Chickenpox is a common viral infection that most people associate with childhood. Those itchy red spots and days spent away from school. But what many don’t realise is that recovery from chickenpox is ...

Measles is not the only disease that has increased as the number of childhood vaccinations have decreased in South Carolina over the past several years. Cases of whooping cough and chicken pox have ...

WESTFIELD — In the last week, five people in the city’s schools came down with chickenpox. School staff are contact tracing and unvaccinated students who were in contact with someone sick have to ...

WESTFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Westfield Public Schools are dealing with an outbreak of chicken pox, with five confirmed cases reported across four different schools this week. The affected schools include ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The new acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced changes to the ...

On Sept. 18, the vaccine advisory committee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to change its recommendation on the combined vaccine for chickenpox and measles, mumps and rubella, ...

ATLANTA — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hand-picked vaccine advisory committee on Thursday recommended the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adopt new restrictions on a ...

A CDC advisory panel voted Thursday to limit the availability of a combined shot for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella, the virus that causes chicken pox for children. The panel also delayed a ...