The study, published online Wednesday in the journal PLoS One, showed that between 1992 and 2011, there were more than 600,000 physician office visits, 55,500 emergency department visits and 2,700 ...

Chicken pox usually strikes small children. It manifests as red bumps, eventually distributed over the whole body. In the 18th century, a German doctor dubbed chicken pox “varicella,” a diminutive of ...

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 ...

This can be up to 10 days or more, reads a news release from the chief public health officer (CPOH). Chicken pox is characterized by the tiny 'pox' that form on the skin. (9Gawin/Shutterstock) ...

Several cases of chickenpox detected at Loyalist College By darryndavis Global News Posted March 28, 2023 8:23 pm 2 min read ...

A string of chicken pox cases at one Massachusetts public school district has reignited the conversation on vaccines. Newton administrators will require every student to be vaccinated against ...

Unvaccinated students won’t be allowed to return to school in the fall at Newton public schools after a recent chickenpox surge. A series of cases of chicken pox last week brought to light that ...

Unvaccinated students won’t be allowed to return to school in the fall at Newton public schools after a recent chickenpox surge. A series of cases of chicken pox last week brought to light that ...