DEAR DR. ROACH: A few months ago, you wrote about the benefits of the shingles vaccine. At 63, I’m one of the 1% who has never had, nor been exposed to, chickenpox. I was tested in 2022 for ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: Has any research been done that shows a correlation between the severity of one’s chickenpox and the chance of developing shingles? My sister was covered head to toe with chickenpox, ...
If you hear that chicken pox is going around your child’s school, you may not worry because everyone gets chicken pox, right? You’ve probably even heard that some people purposely expose their ...
CHICKENPOX IS A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS DISEASE THAT MANY PEOPLE CAN REMEMBER GETTIN ITCHING AND SPOTS WHEN IT WAS GONE UP UNTIL THE 90S THERE WAS NOTHING TO STOP PEOPLE FROM GETTING CHICKEN POX. BUT IN ...
Would you give your child a lollipop that was infected with the chickenpox virus? Most parents say no way, but others want to throw a "pox party" to make sure their child gets sick. You may have heard ...
Before the chicken pox (varicella) vaccine was introduced in 1995, kids could count on experiencing the illness as a kind of childhood milestone — the virus is super-contagious and spreads around ...
While many 90s trends are making a comeback there is one that doctors want to stay in the past: Chickenpox parties. Kentucky governor Matt Bevin recently revealed that when a neighbor developed ...
Chickenpox is a common viral infection that most people associate with childhood. Those itchy red spots and days spent away from school. But what many don’t realise is that recovery from chickenpox is ...
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