Calamine lotion can be used to help relieve the itchiness of chickenpox spots [Getty Images] Young children in the UK are being offered protection against chickenpox on the NHS for the first time. It ...

Chickenpox will now be added to the NHS childhood routine vaccination programme in what has been described as a “historic milestone”. Health chiefs say the move will boost population health, cut ...

ALLOWS THEM TO SERVE MORE FAMILIES. TRIBE CLINICAL RESEARCH IN GREENVILLE HAS LAUNCHED WHAT IT CALLS A CHICKEN POX IMMUNITY TRIAL. IT APPLIES TO CHILDREN AGES 12 TO 15 MONTHS OLD. IT’S ONE DOSE OF A ...

The CDC's vaccine advisors on Thursday recommended that toddlers receive separate immunizations for measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR), and for varicella, or chickenpox. By a vote of 8-3, the Advisory ...

A teenager who had to learn how to walk again after contracting chickenpox when she was two has welcomed new free vaccinations against the illness. Children in Northern Ireland are being offered the ...

All young children in the UK can now be offered protection against chickenpox for the first time on the NHS. The vaccine will be combined with the existing MMR jab, given at 12 and 18 months of age, ...

On Sept. 18, the vaccine advisory committee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to change its recommendation on the combined vaccine for chickenpox and measles, mumps and rubella, ...

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 ...

Youngsters across the country will now be offered the vaccine along with the MMR jab, which protects against measles, mumps ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Local health officials have expressed concern after seeing a spike in chickenpox cases this year, especially amongst children. So far in 2024, a total of 14 cases have been reported ...

Archana Koirala has worked on research funded by Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing and NSW Health. She is the chair of Vaccination Special Interest Group (VACSIG) and a ...

Thousands develop serious complications from the varicella virus. Today the NHS rolls out a new jab, alongside measles, mumps and rubella Wes Streeting is secretary of state for health and social care ...