Young children will be offered a free chicken pox jab on the NHS as part of their routine childhood vaccinations for the ...

A new president and an old disease awaited the American Public Health Association in New Orleans this week when that ancient and honorable organization convened for its 65th annual meeting. The new ...

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Chickenpox is highly contagious, with the NHS recommending anyone who has it stay home until the spots form a scab. Chickenpox can be dangerous for those who are vulnerable, such as newborns, anyone ...

Venereal disease does not attract many medical researchers. There never have been great numbers of syphilologists, and their numbers and efforts have been sharply reduced since the 1945 discovery that ...