A chickenpox vaccine will soon be rolled out on the NHS in England, the government has confirmed. The jab, available from January, currently costs around £150 when bought privately. It will now be ...

Young children will be offered a free chicken pox jab on the NHS as part of their routine childhood vaccinations for the first time. It will be offered alongside the MMR jab, which protects against ...

Young children in the UK are being offered protection against chickenpox on the NHS for the first time. It is being added to the list of standard childhood vaccinations from the start of January, and ...

England’s NHS is set to introduce a chickenpox vaccine from January, officials have announced, a move expected to safeguard children from severe complications and ease the burden on working parents.

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Children in the South West can now get what has been described as a "historic" free vaccination against chickenpox from the NHS, health bosses say. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, ...

As a new NHS chickenpox jab is added to the UK childhood schedule from 2026, paediatric specialists are warning parents not to dismiss it as trivial. A leading paediatric doctor has issued an urgent ...

Young children will now be offered protection against chickenpox as part of their routine vaccinations via the NHS. The MMR vaccine, which protects against measles ...