Most rashes in babies and young children are being wrongly labelled as chickenpox (‘mata’), leading to unnecessary panic and ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Chickenpox is a highly contagious viral infection causing an itchy, blister-like rash on ...

An increase in chickenpox cases has been reported among children in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus, spreading easily in ...

The singular confirmed case was isolated, but Campus Health leadership warned that communicable diseases can spread quickly ...

Chicken pox, caused by the varicella-zoster virus, is a common disease once thought to be a rite of passage for children. * Symptoms: Marked by a red, itchy rash and a fever. Once they arrive, ...

GP practices have been offering the chickenpox (varicella) vaccine as part of the expanded routine childhood immunisation ...

A teenager who had to learn how to walk again after contracting chickenpox when she was two has welcomed new free vaccinations against the illness. Children in Northern Ireland are being offered the ...

Chickenpox is a highly contagious viral infection causing an itchy, blister-like rash on the skin. The infection, also known as varicella, affects mostly children and for ages was considered a rite of ...

An increase in varicella, commonly known as chickenpox, has been recorded in children across Buncombe County. Buncombe County Health and Human Services Public Health staff reported that children ...