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 ...

The thought of chickenpox is enough to make any parent’s heart sink. Itchy, uncomfortable and miserable for your child, it’s also inconvenient as it means time off school or nursery for them, and ...

ANSWER: Yes, you can develop shingles. The only chicken pox vaccine licensed is a live, weakened strain of the chicken pox.

Young children in England and Wales will soon be offered a free chickenpox vaccine on the NHS. It will be added to the list of standard childhood vaccinations from January 2026, and there will be a ...

Everyday illness is a normal part of childhood and it’s absolutely natural for your little one to pick up some kind of stomach bug or virus; this also includes chickenpox. Medically known as varicella ...

Measles, a highly contagious disease that was at one point believed to be largely eradicated in the United States, has seen an increase in cases... Penn State University has confirmed three cases of ...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the 89-year-old California Democrat, recently announced she is out of the hospital and recovering at home from shingles, a painful viral inflammation in the skin’s nerves that ...

To answer this, we spoke with Dr Lakshmi Charan, Paediatrics, Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Vanagaram, Chennai, who warns that camphor can be toxic and dangerous when used incorrectly. Why Camphor ...