Varicella, known as chickenpox, is caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV), with an estimated 84 million cases annually. It primarily affects children, for most of whom it is a self-limiting ...

Laredo Public Health reveals Webb County's top infectious diseases, which include whooping cough and chickenpox, urging ...

While most children in the State continue to receive vaccines, there has been significant slip in uptake since 2020. This has ...

Start with your health-care provider, parents or caregiver to find out about your childhood vaccinations. And learn which vaccines you could get as an adult.

West Virginia senators voted to dismantle one of the nation’s strictest school vaccination policies Friday by greenlighting ...

By Doug Creamer There have been a number of people I know who have been suffering from flu, RSV or COVID. I have also heard people coughing in stores. I find myself wondering, “are you contagious?” I ...

Students across Oregon without vaccine exemptions need to be up-to-date on their childhood vaccines by Wednesday or risk ...

In Texas, at least 90 cases of measles have been reported in recent weeks across the northwest part of that state.

According to the CDC, if you were born after 1957, one dose is considered sufficient to be considered protected from measles.

Parents in KwaZulu-Natal are urged to keep their children at home if they show symptoms of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease ...

Measles outbreaks are hitting Texas and New Mexico. Here's what you should know about the highly contagious virus.

It's not confirmed that measles parties are to blame for the outbreak in West Texas. But they are as dangerous as they sound.