DEAR DR. ROACH: A few months ago, you wrote about the benefits of the shingles vaccine. At 63, I’m one of the 1% who has never had, nor been exposed to, chickenpox. I was tested in 2022 for ...

If you developed a pox-like rash before this summer, you’d probably suspect chickenpox and call your doctor about next steps. But, now that monkeypox is circulating in the U.S. and cases continue to ...

Chickenpox used to be a common infection in the United States. For example, in the 1990s, about 4 million people got chickenpox every year, and more than 10,000 people experienced hospitalization. In ...

The prevalence of chickenpox is increasing in Pune this season, with more patients than usual over the past month reported by paediatricians and general physicians. The only difference this time, ...

For one 15-year-old in Nepal, the misery continued long after the blisters burst. After some of her crusty scabs began to ...

An ITV doctor has shared the signs of chickenpox all parents should be keeping an eye out for, especially as children return to the classroom for another school year and mix with other students.