Some parents take their children to “pox parties” to expose them to the chickenpox virus and encourage immunity. Health experts suggest just vaccinating your kids instead. Not only is the varicella ...

Chickenpox, shingles vaccine may cause eye inflammation, study finds The varicella zoster virus vaccine is the best way to protect against chickenpox and shingles, but recent research from the ...

Tribe Clinical Research in Greenville has launched its latest vaccine trial study; this time centered around chickenpox as ...

The government has issued new guidance for parents and carers of children to help them understand changes to the vaccination schedule ...

Just 1.4% of cases were among people who received two vaccine doses. Nearly all the patients affected by an ongoing chickenpox outbreak in New York City are unvaccinated, according to a report ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some Montgomery County residents are starting to hear rumblings about the need of a booster shot for chickenpox. Spring Creek Pines resident Kerry Eubank, president of The Woodlands Mothers of ...

Parents know how quickly childhood illnesses come and go, and how easily a routine infection can unsettle even the calmest ...

My now-twelve-year-old had chickenpox symptoms in infancy and then again at age ten or so shortly after my now-three-year-old got the vaccine. Britain has a really odd attitude to the chickenpox ...