ANSWER: Yes, you can develop shingles. The only chicken pox vaccine licensed is a live, weakened strain of the chicken pox. It is less likely to lead to shingles than the live, strong strain that your ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 56-year-old male who never had the chicken pox. When the first of my children was born, I had blood tests done to see if I’d ever been exposed. I had not, so I received the ...

Florida’s medical community came out in force on Friday at a Department of Health workshop in Panama City on vaccine ...

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 ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Shingles are becoming an issue for people younger and younger. Long considered a problem for people over 50, more and more doctors are seeing it in younger patients. Consider it ...

A medical expert has advised parents to keep their children away from school if they notice certain telltale signs. The specialist cautioned that youngsters who develop chickenpox should be kept in ...

ALLOWS THEM TO SERVE MORE FAMILIES. TRIBE CLINICAL RESEARCH IN GREENVILLE HAS LAUNCHED WHAT IT CALLS A CHICKEN POX IMMUNITY TRIAL. IT APPLIES TO CHILDREN AGES 12 TO 15 MONTHS OLD. IT’S ONE DOSE OF A ...

To avoid another vaccination, some parents are turning to chickenpox parties. Feb. 2, 2009 — -- It's the kind of party any child would want to attend, equipped with the coolest toys, the latest ...

Peak chickenpox season is growing closer, with the highly contagious disease threatening households and schools across the nation. Dr Alexis Missick, GP in partnership with UK Meds, is on a mission to ...

A mother has posted shocking images of her son Tommy to social media as a warning: never give your child ibuprofen to relieve chicken pox symptoms. British mum Verity did, and the consequences were ...