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

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 ...

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 ...

KEMH are pleased to announce that they are commencing the rollout of the Varicella (Chickenpox) vaccine to children aged thirteen months. This follows discussions with, and advice from ...

RFK Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, to play a role in Trump administration and potentially influence how the FDA and ...

P resident-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris means U.S. health policy may soon be shaped, at ...

RFK Jr. may push the FDA to gather more data, and could try to fill the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ...

Nayak, who was involved in the clinical trials. Fever is a typical side effect of many other childhood vaccines, such as the ...

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 ...

Merck also bundles the three paediatric vaccine sales into a single pot, reporting that MMR II, MMRV shot ProQuad and chickenpox vaccine Varivax made $509 million last year.