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 ...

An increase in chickenpox cases has been reported among children in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus, spreading easily in ...

The varicella-zoster virus, or chickenpox, is a highly contagious disease that mostly affects those under the age of 10. For most children, chickenpox is a mild illness that resolves without much ...

The internal CDC document said the Delta variant was more transmissible than the viruses that cause MERS, SARS, Ebola, and the seasonal flu.

The Haywood County Health and Human Services confirmed one case of chickenpox at Waynesville Middle School, according to a ...

The thought of chickenpox is enough to make any parent’s heart sink. Itchy, uncomfortable and miserable for your child, it’s also inconvenient as it means time off school or nursery for them, and ...

ALLOWS THEM TO SERVE MORE FAMILIES. TRIBE CLINICAL RESEARCH IN GREENVILLE HAS LAUNCHED WHAT IT CALLS A CHICKEN POX IMMUNITY TRIAL. IT APPLIES TO CHILDREN AGES 12 TO 15 MONTHS OLD. IT’S ONE DOSE OF A ...

England’s NHS will roll out a free chickenpox vaccine for all children from January next year, in a move that could save families millions in lost workdays while protecting thousands of children from ...

Four Northeastern University graduate students were recently diagnosed with chickenpox, the university announced Tuesday. The graduate students, living off-campus, “are isolating and being treated for ...

MIAMI – Florida's surgeon general wants to do away with all state vaccine mandates. But the first step in his plan targets ...

North Carolina is reeling with a surge of new coronavirus cases and the Delta variant, which first emerged in India, is largely to blame for skyrocketing numbers. On Friday, the state added 3,199 new ...