If you hear that chicken pox is going around your child’s school, you may not worry because everyone gets chicken pox, right? You’ve probably even heard that some people purposely expose their ...

Dear Doctor: I recently read that more than 30 students at a school in North Carolina all got chickenpox during an outbreak. Growing up, I got chickenpox, too, before there was a vaccine. Is the ...

While many 90s trends are making a comeback there is one that doctors want to stay in the past: Chickenpox parties. Kentucky governor Matt Bevin recently revealed that when a neighbor developed ...

CHICKENPOX IS A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS DISEASE THAT MANY PEOPLE CAN REMEMBER GETTIN ITCHING AND SPOTS WHEN IT WAS GONE UP UNTIL THE 90S THERE WAS NOTHING TO STOP PEOPLE FROM GETTING CHICKEN POX. BUT IN ...

Would you give your child a lollipop that was infected with the chickenpox virus? Most parents say no way, but others want to throw a "pox party" to make sure their child gets sick. You may have heard ...

Before the chicken pox (varicella) vaccine was introduced in 1995, kids could count on experiencing the illness as a kind of childhood milestone — the virus is super-contagious and spreads around ...

While it is rare these days, some children still catch chicken pox. Will old-fashioned remedies like an oatmeal bath work? Or should you take her to the pediatrician? Dr. Cindy Gellner goes ...

Chickenpox is a common viral infection that most people associate with childhood. Those itchy red spots and days spent away from school. But what many don’t realise is that recovery from chickenpox is ...

The case of a healthy 11-month-old baby who suffered a stroke serves as a stark reminder of the importance of vaccines, doctors warned. The unnamed baby's mother took the infant to see a doctor after ...