The incidence of chickenpox has declined with widespread use of live-attenuated varicella vaccine in infants (Journal Watch Feb 22 2002). To assess the vaccine's effectiveness, researchers ...

Medically reviewed by Jonathan B. Jassey, DO Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is the virus that causes chickenpox and shingles.

A NEW strain of the mpox virus has been detected in the UK, and now an expert has warned not to confuse the symptoms with ...

These two reports address the effects of varicella-zoster vaccination and varicella vaccination. Richard Whitley, who chaired the data and safety monitoring board for the Shingles Prevention Study ...

and standalone chickenpox shot Varilrix last year. Merck also bundles the three paediatric vaccine sales into a single pot, reporting that MMR II, MMRV shot ProQuad and chickenpox vaccine Varivax ...

By Keith Roach, M.D. TITLE: 63-year-old debates getting shingles and chicken pox vaccines---DEAR DR. ROACH: A few months ago, yo ...

A record number of children are missing vaccines. What is behind the decrease, and what might be the consequences?

Considering there is such a thing as the chickenpox vaccine meant that her daughter wouldn't have ever had to go through something like that, and it's especially concerning since having chickenpox ...

Parents began receiving notices from the state and their local districts last month that their children did not meet the ...

-- Zero shingles cases after 18.8 months follow-up in 619 patients receiving any dose of amezosvatein, a development-stage adjuvanted subunit vaccine -- Ten shingles cases would have been expected ...

A total of 87 cases were reported during 22 outbreak events at International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) or ...

The varicella vaccine is highly effective, making chickenpox less common than it once was. After you get chickenpox, the virus stays in your body and can cause shingles, a painful rash ...