Chickenpox (varicella-zoster) is a highly contagious virus that causes flu-like symptoms and an itchy rash that turns into ...

The varicella-zoster virus can cause chickenpox - a highly contagious illness that leads to blisters and rashes all over your ...

You do not have to wait until his skin looks completely clear. Children can also catch chickenpox if exposed to an adult with shingles as the same virus (the varicella zoster virus) causes both ...

A NEW strain of the mpox virus has been detected in the UK, and now an expert has warned not to confuse the symptoms with chickenpox. Three people in the UK have been found to be infected with the ...

Catching chickenpox (the varicella-zoster virus or VZV) as an adult can be a very unpleasant thought. But the contagious, itchy red rash (which shows up as spots, and then blisters) is ...

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 ...

Chickenpox, medically known as varicella, is an infection caused by a virus called the varicella-zoster virus. It spreads quickly and easily through the coughs and sneezes of someone who is infected, ...

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 ...

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is the virus that causes chickenpox and shingles. It is a member of the herpes virus group. VZV is very contagious and causes a red, itchy rash. It also leads to ...

Shingles — also known as herpes zoster — is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. Shingles (the skin blistering rash) itself is not contagious ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Clark County Public Health officials are warning residents about a rise in whooping cough cases and chickenpox outbreaks hitting the county and impacting three schools.

Clark County is experiencing an alarming spike in whooping cough and chickenpox cases among children — outbreaks that health ...