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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Even though babies under one year old are too young to get the chicken pox vaccine, far fewer of them got the itchy rash after the U.S. started routinely vaccinating older ...

Adding a chickenpox jab to the NHS childhood vaccination schedule could end risky pox parties, experts have said. New research suggests that about three-quarters of parents would support routine ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The Illinois Public Health Director recommended Monday that young children be vaccinated against chicken pox starting next fall. ``Chicken pox can be serious and even deadly, ...

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 ...