Chickenpox (also known as varicella) is a viral infection that causes itchy rashes with small, fluid-filled blisters. The varicella-zoster virus is highly contagious and up to 90% of unimmunised ...

KOCHI: M–pox or monkeypox is a viral illness caused ... implicating the spread through intimate contact. There can be rashes ...

Some of the more well-known types of viral rashes include chickenpox, rubella, and measles. Fortunately, your rash symptoms often go away as you gradually recover from the infection. Chickenpox is ...

Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). It is very contagious and is characterized by a rash that turns ...

Four Northeastern graduate students were recently diagnosed with chickenpox, according to an email sent to students by ...

Later on in life - often at a time of reduced immunity, and pregnancy is just one example of such a time - the virus can reactivate, causing a mini outbreak of a chicken pox-like rash over the ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the first in vitro diagnostic (IVD) test for monkeypox under its Emergency ...

If your son's first attack when he was 18 months old fits the description given above, it is likely he had chickenpox then in which case he is now immune. His present rash of spots on his face is ...

Over-the-counter gels and foams for treating chickenpox scabs are easy to apply, less messy than calamine lotion and won't dry spots out. Although not technically a rash, this form of seborrheic ...