Almost everyone gets chickenpox by adulthood. In the United States, chickenpox affects about 4 million persons per year, mostly children. In temperate climates, most cases occur in the late winter and ...

The varicella vaccine is almost 90 percent effective against chickenpox, but its impact on herpes zoster (shingles) is unknown and needs wider surveillance, Yale School of Medicine researchers write ...

Zoster immune globulin (ZIG) was found, in a double-blind study, to prevent varicella if a 2-ml dose was given to susceptible children within 72 hours of household exposure. Chicken pox developed in ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated recommendations for the use of varicella-zoster immune globulin (VariZIG) to reduce the severity of infection by varicella-zoster virus ...

BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ:SVA) (“Sinovac” or the “Company”), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, today announced that the China National Medical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In previously healthy children, varicella (chickenpox), caused by varicella-zoster virus, or VZV, is almost ...

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a highly contagious human herpesvirus responsible for chickenpox upon primary infection and ...

Children who are vaccinated against the virus that causes chickenpox are getting a twofer: Not only are they protected against irritating and potentially scarring chickenpox, but they appear to have a ...

In July 2021, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention presentation obtained by the press noted that the delta variant of COVID-19 “is as transmissible as chickenpox.” As some researchers have ...

BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ:SVA) (“Sinovac” or the “Company”), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, today announced that the China National Medical ...