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 ...

For the first time, children will be offered vaccination on the NHS against the common infection which, in rare cases, can be very serious.

Chicken Pox is on the rise across the UK at the minute. Many people try to catch the contagious and itchy virus as a child, thinking that they can't contract it a second time. It is often thought to ...

When governments mandate chickenpox vaccinations, a sharp drop in the number of Google searches for the common childhood disease suggests seasonal outbreaks are significantly reduced, according to new ...

There’s not always good news in the media but I find the recent announcement by the Department of Health that children are to be offered the chicken pox vaccine a step in the right direction.

The NHS has launched free chickenpox vaccinations for children across the UK today, marking the first time the jab has been added to the routine childhood immunisation schedule since 2015. GP ...

Uh-oh, is that just a harmless rash… or something more? One moment, your little one is happily playing, and the next, they’re scratching like there’s no tomorrow. Could it be chickenpox? You’ve heard ...