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 ...

Children in Northern Ireland will be offered a free vaccination against chickenpox for the first time next year. Chickenpox, which causes a spotty rash, is a common infection that spreads easily and ...

Recent U.S. decisions about vaccines signal bigger changes to come that could threaten the foundation of the national childhood immunization schedule.

Would you give your child a lollipop that was infected with the chickenpox virus? Most parents say no way, but others want to throw a "pox party" to make sure their child gets sick. You may have heard ...

The widespread introduction of a chicken pox vaccine in Australia in 2006 has prevented thousands of children from being hospitalized with severe chicken pox and saved lives, according to new research ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announces there has been two outbreaks of varicella (commonly known as chicken pox) in the state since early ...

California children must receive a chicken pox vaccination to enter kindergarten under a state law that took effect July 1, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Passed in 1999, the law also requires ...

Health officials are warning that visitors to the Ithaca Science Center on Saturday, Nov. 15, between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., may ...

Thousands of Scots children are to be offered the chickenpox vaccine on the NHS for the first time from next year. The new vaccine will be added to the immunisation scheme and offered for free with ...

Picture the scene. A package falls through the letterbox. ‘Oh, darling,’ your husband chides, ‘you haven’t been internet shopping again, have you?’ ‘Well, yes, sweetie,’ you say. ‘But I know you won’t ...