Browsing: chickenpox

As any parent knows, there are few things more disruptive to family life than a child covered from head to toe in itchy chickenpox spots. The…

Children in the UK are to be immunised against chickenpox at the same time as measles, mumps and rubella.The NHS across the UK’s four home nations…

A powerful vaccines committee for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted on Thursday to change US vaccine policy and start recommending that…

For the first time, a free chickenpox vaccination will be offered to children in England by the NHS from January next year. Here we explore the…