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 ...

A mother has posted shocking images of her son Tommy to social media as a warning: never give your child ibuprofen to relieve chicken pox symptoms. British mum Verity did, and the consequences were ...

WellSpan Pediatric Medicine Physicians across the Midstate are seeing asthma exacerbations, hand, foot and mouth and viral upper respiratory illnesses. The providers of UPMC Children’s Community ...

Dear Dr. Roach: A few months ago, you wrote about the benefits of the shingles vaccine. At 63, I’m one of the 1% who has never had, nor been exposed to, chicken pox. I was tested in 2022 for varicella ...

MIAMI – Florida's surgeon general wants to do away with all state vaccine mandates. But the first step in his plan targets ...

Being covered in itchy red bumps isnt anybody's idea of a good time. Even though the chickenpox vaccine has reduced cases by nearly 90 percent since it was introduced, its still possible to get this ...

Dr Ng'endo Mwangi was Kenya's first female physician when the country relied on a few missionary health facilities and traditional healers. It was normal to give birth at home and in areas like ...

Shingles and chicken pox are caused by the same virus, herpes zoster. After a chicken pox infection, the virus hides in some ...