Unlike other kids in Massachusetts, students living in one Boston suburb won’t be able to go back to school next month unless ...

Chickenpox is a highly contagious infection that often impacts children. It is easily identified by an itchy, spotty, rash, however, that can also be the symptom of many other common conditions in ...

New research has shown how boys being overweight in early childhood or having chickenpox or another infectious disease in ...

Chickenpox and shingles are caused by the same virus, but they are separate conditions. Here's how their causes, symptoms, and prevention differ.

Her older brother, then six, had contracted chickenpox a week earlier and recovered normally. As an otherwise healthy infant, Bunce-Mason assumed that her daughter would also have few problems.

Over 90% of the world population has the virus that causes chickenpox lying dormant in their nervous system. Most people contract the varicella zoster virus, or VZV, when they get chickenpox as ...

Chickenpox rash and blisters can even develop inside your mouth, on your eyelids, or in your genital area. (3) Symptoms of chickenpox typically develop 10 to 21 days after you’ve been exposed to ...

The chickenpox vaccine is usually administered to children at the same time as the MMR vaccine (around 12 months of age with a booster at three-and-a-half to five years of age in some countries) ...

The chickenpox vaccination program has also saved the U.S. about $1 billion per year in medical costs and lost work due to parents having to stay home with sick children, according to CDC estimates.

Chickenpox is a highly contagious viral infection that causes a skin rash, starting with red bumps and progressing to blisters and scabs. It may also cause symptoms such as fever, headache, and ...

4 Northeastern grad students have chickenpox, university says The students live off campus and are required to isolate for three weeks after exposure, the Boston Public Health Commission determined.

Chickenpox parties could put children and adults at risk of nasty complications, GPs warned Credit: Getty. The caution comes after the owner of a children's daycare centre discovered that some ...