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Tag Archives: chicken pox
Varicella vaccine neutralizes chicken pox
Tweet The varicella vaccine has largely neutralized chickenpox, according to a 14-year study recently published in Pediatrics. The study, which was conducted by the Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center, followed 7,585 children who were vaccinated in 1995 between 12 and … Read More »
Chicken pox cases fall in Australia after vaccine introduced
Tweet New research suggests the introduction of a chicken pox vaccine at Australian hospitals in 2006 has prevented thousands of children from being hospitalized as a result of the illness. A national study of chicken pox admissions at four major … Read More »
Hong Kong facing shortage of chickenpox vaccine
Tweet Children in Hong Kong may be vulnerable to chickenpox infection because of a shortage of vaccines. One supplier blamed the shortage on a drastic increase in demand, saying that it has been out of vaccine stock since January, SCMP.com … Read More »
Indiana schools to require chickenpox vaccines next year
Tweet Indiana’s Department of Health published its school immunization requirements on Wednesday for the 2013-2014 school year for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The publication comes with several new requirements, including two valid doses of varicella vaccine or a … Read More »
Chickenpox spreads to five Fla. public schools
TweetHealth officials in Florida added 25 students who are not vaccinated against chickenpox to a list of those barred from attending class in five public schools in High Springs and Alachua on Wednesday. There have been 65 cases of chickenpox … Read More »
Chicken pox rates decreased following vaccinations of older children
A new study shows that fewer babies were infected with chicken pox after the U.S. started to routinely vaccinate older children in 1995. Read More »
Parents warned about chickenpox lollipops
Healthcare workers are warning parents to avoid a method around the chickenpox vaccine that uses lollypops with saliva on them from kids who have had the chickenpox. Read More »
Chickenpox death rates fall 97 percent
Over the past 20 years, the death rate from chickenpox for people under the age of 20 has fallen 97 percent. Read More »