Northeastern University advised that if students "do not meet the immunity criteria, get a varicella vaccine dose ... as soon ...

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 (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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...