Chickenpox vaccines have virtually wiped out severe complications and deaths in American children from the highly contagious virus, a new report finds. Chickenpox —which is caused by the ...

Thanks to the vaccination program that began in 1995, chickenpox is now relatively rare. Cases of the miserable, itchy condition have fallen more than 97 percent. But, while children have largely put ...

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 ...

Infants are not protected against the varicella-zoster virus, the virus that causes chickenpox, for several months before they are eligible for vaccination, a new study has found. In some cases, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -- Kids are less likely to get chickenpox if they get two doses of the chickenpox vaccine instead of just one, suggests a new study. Most infected people simply feel ...

The Marquette County Health Department says the varicella virus is spread from person-to-person by direct contact or through ...

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 ...