For much of the UK, chickenpox is considered a routine childhood infection. However, its impact can cause severe discomfort ...

ANSWER: Yes, you can develop shingles. The only chicken pox vaccine licensed is a live, weakened strain of the chicken pox.

If any ambiguity remained about the ultimate goal of the current administration’s public health policy, last week shattered ...

A new study suggests the shingles vaccine may lower the likelihood of developing dementia as well as slow its progression in ...

Shingles and chicken pox are caused by the same virus, herpes zoster. After a chicken pox infection, the virus hides in some ...

Buncombe County encourages chickenpox vaccine after uptick in cases in schools with low vaccination rates. Here's the latest ...

The CDC's vaccine advisory panel meets Thursday and Friday to discuss recommendations for the hepatitis B vaccine and the ...

Discover how a groundbreaking multi-state poultry genetics research initiative has revolutionized disease resistance and ...

The government has issued new guidance for parents and carers of children to help them understand changes to the vaccination schedule ...

The federal vaccine advisory panel, all appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., voted to drop the universal ...

Public health officials in Buncombe County, North Carolina, are seeing an uptick in cases of chickenpox among children from ...

Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may vote this week to make a major change to the ...