You can catch chickenpox through direct contact with an infected person or by breathing in droplets from their sneezes or ...

BHP alleges some of the 620,000 bids for compensation rest on spurious claims, as part of a courtroom push to cut back the ...

The students live off campus and are required to isolate for three weeks after exposure, the Boston Public Health Commission ...

New research is providing fresh support for the decades-old idea that viral infections can play a role in at least some ...

For a long time, scientists assumed the virus that causes both chickenpox and shingles stayed dormant in the body after infection. But new evidence suggests the shingles virus may be linked to ...

The students are “are being treated for the disease and are taking all necessary precautions,” including isolation, the ...

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is warning the public of an exposure risk to varicella (also know as chickenpox) at ...

LAKE COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) – A school district in Lake County has alerted the community that they are monitoring what could become an ‘outbreak’ of chickenpox. According to the Madison Local ...

Northeastern University advised that if students "do not meet the immunity criteria, get a varicella vaccine dose ... as soon ...