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 ...

Archana Koirala has worked on research funded by Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing and NSW Health. She is the chair of Vaccination Special Interest Group (VACSIG) and a ...

Alerts have been issued about the rising number of chickenpox cases in Northern New South Wales this year. Meanwhile, chickenpox continues to spread across Australia with 2,010 notified cases so far ...

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 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has landed on an official new COVID-19 vaccination policy, adopting the recent recommendations of its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ...

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 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has officially updated guidelines for COVID-19 and chickenpox vaccines based on recommendations made last month by the agency's vaccine advisory ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Chelsea Cirruzzo is a Washington correspondent at STAT, where she ...

Two countries, two different approaches to protecting children from chickenpox. While the UK prepares to introduce a combined vaccine covering measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox (MMRV) in a single ...

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, ...