effectiveness was significantly lower if the vaccine had been administered before age 15 months (73%) than if it had been given at or after that age (99%). Chickenpox was significantly more severe ...

Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease that only affects a person once in their lifetime Only in rare cases can people ...

Japanese researchers developed a chickenpox, or varicella, vaccine in the 1970s. It was licensed for use in the United States in 1995, and became widespread soon afterward. Chickenpox vaccines ...

A vaccination is not just to ‘avoid death ... X-rays and blood tests after contracting chickenpox again, leading to his ...

With an additional four measles cases reported late Thursday, we have an outbreak on the South Plains. So who is at risk? And ...

A team of researchers, led by James Mbinta, believes the shingles vaccine could play a crucial role in reducing the risk of ...

There were 1080 cases of breakthrough varicella (rash that developed >42 days after vaccination). Between 1996 and 2004, the proportion of varicella cases that occurred in vaccinated children ...