England's National Health Service (NHS) will offer the chickenpox vaccine to children from January 2026, marking the first ...

We give that second vaccine to kind of give that extra bang for your buck, and the studies have shown that it can incur a 99 percent lifelong immunity with that second one," Hurley said.

Varilrix/Varivax labels to highlight rare encephalitis risk after fatal case, but vaccine use continues.

"So we wait until 12 months to give the measles vaccine, the MMR vaccine, because we know that it is less effective when given to younger infants." But there are exceptions.

These are usually administered as two doses of the MMR vaccine. The chickenpox (varicella) vaccine is required for school entry for all children in kindergarten through 12th grade.

The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) was notified today that a child under 5 years of age living in North Alabama ...