Young children will be offered a free chicken pox jab on the NHS as part of their routine childhood vaccinations for the first time. It will be offered alongside the MMR jab, which protects against ...

A teenager who had to learn to walk again after contracting chickenpox aged two welcomes new free vaccinations.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chickenpox is usually mild but can lead to serious complications for some children (Getty Images) (Petko Ninov via Getty Images) A ...

Chickenpox is highly contagious and causes fever, fatigue, and a rash that can develop into hundreds of itchy blisters.

In her latest column, Dr Jane Wilcock highlights that from January, a free chicken pox vaccine will be added to the UK ...

Cases have surged as children returned to school after the festive holidays 🤒 ...

As vaccine sceptic attitudes continue to spread in political groups on both sides of the Atlantic, the UK government is now offering vaccination against chickenpox. As of 2 January general practices ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It will be offered alongside the MMR jab, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella and become the MMRV jab. Chickenpox, ...