The chicken pox vaccine became available in the U.S. in 1995 and, since then, cases of the virus in the U.S. have plummeted. But chicken pox still emerges from time to time. Montana public health ...

Chicken Pox is on the rise across the UK at the minute. Many people try to catch the contagious and itchy virus as a child, thinking that they can't contract it a second time. It is often thought to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Department of Public Health has issued an alert about a dramatic spike in chickenpox cases this year. CDPH said nearly 400 cases have been identified since January 1, the ...

EMERGENCY VEHICLES. LOUISVILLE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THEY’RE SEEING A CONCERNING SPIKE IN CHICKEN POX CASES. THERE HAVE BEEN 14 REPORTED CASES THIS YEAR, WITH SEVEN REPORTED IN NOVEMBER. OFFICIALS SAY ...

There’s not always good news in the media but I find the recent announcement by the Department of Health that children are to be offered the chicken pox vaccine a step in the right direction.

Chicken farmers are reporting a return of Fowl pox, a disease whose symptoms include the development of skin lesions, warts or blisters or growths around the head, mouth, upper respiratory tract, on ...

Adults can face worse complications when infected with chicken pox. — -- The Kansas City Royals found an unlikely, and far more insidious, enemy this week than their scheduled opponent the ...

Four cases of chickenpox have been confirmed at Fairview Elementary School, according to Buncombe County Health and Human Services.