A mum has warned parents to ‘think twice’ before deciding not to vaccinate their children after her son was left with ...

The disease typically affects children, but anyone who is not immune to the virus can get it. While most cases of chickenpox are mild and cause no lasting significant problems, in some cases the ...

The chickenpox vaccine has seen thousands of US children avoid going to hospital in the last decade A North Carolina school with a large anti-vaccine community is at the heart of the state's ...

All children in the UK should be given a chickenpox vaccine at 12 and 18 months of age, combined with the MMR jab as one shot, the NHS is advised. It will now be up to the government to decide ...