The MMR vaccine will include protection against the varicella virus going forward.

Young children will be offered a free chicken pox jab on the NHS as part of their routine childhood vaccinations for the first time. It will be offered alongside the MMR jab, which protects against ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisory committee meets this week, with votes expected on whether to change recommendations on shots against COVID-19, hepatitis B ...

For the first time, children will be offered vaccination on the NHS against the common infection which, in rare cases, can be very serious.

The UK has added chickenpox to the routine childhood vaccination schedule for the first time, using a combined MMRV jab that also protects against measles, mumps and rubella. Here's what parents need ...

As vaccine sceptic attitudes continue to spread in political groups on both sides of the Atlantic, the UK government is now offering vaccination against chickenpox. As of 2 January general practices ...

The Trump administration just had the opportunity to dramatically curtail childhood vaccinations – and it didn’t. Today’s CDC ...