Four cases of chickenpox have been confirmed at Fairview Elementary School, according to Buncombe County Health and Human Services.

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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, ...

Young children in the UK are being offered protection against chickenpox on the NHS for the first time. It is being added to the list of standard childhood vaccinations from the start of January, and ...

Chickenpox is highly contagious and 90 per cent of children get it before age 15 CHICKENPOX jabs will be offered to all children on the NHS for the first time from today. Vaccination against the ...

Ed Hutchinson receives grant funding from UKRI and the Wellcome Trust. He is the Chair of the Microbiology Society's Virus Division, a Board Member of the European Scientific Working Group on ...

A chickenpox vaccine is being rolled out on the NHS for the first time. It will be offered to youngsters alongside the MMR jab, which protects against measles, mumps, and rubella. It's a combo that's ...

A top doctor has explained how your child can get a chickenpox jab if they've already had the MMR vaccine. As of yesterday, a new MMRV vaccine which provides protection against chickenpox (varicella) ...

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IT’S a common childhood illness that most people think they can easily spot… thanks to that tell-tale rash. But chickenpox isn’t just about the maddeningly itch. There are actually several other ...