PEOPLE spoke with its Health Squad Pediatrician, Dr. Elizabeth Murray, about the viral trend among parents “Chickenpox parties” — a.k.a., a gathering held in an attempt to get many children to ...

Let's not get this party started. If you are thinking of attending or holding a chickenpox party, don't. A chickenpox party is a party that parents may hold to deliberately expose their children to ...

A group of Boulder, Colorado, parents are sharing with each other the very best way to assure their children contract chickenpox. In case you're wondering, "tenting" is best. Thought chickenpox ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has officially updated guidelines for COVID-19 and chickenpox vaccines based on recommendations made last month by the agency's vaccine advisory ...

Chickenpox is a contagious illness caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Once an almost standard part of childhood, outbreaks of this condition have become less common throughout all age groups since ...

Chickenpox used to be a common infection in the United States. For example, in the 1990s, about 4 million people got chickenpox every year, and more than 10,000 people experienced hospitalization. In ...

Two countries, two different approaches to protecting children from chickenpox. While the UK prepares to introduce a combined vaccine covering measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox (MMRV) in a single ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A chickenpox outbreak has been reported at Penn State University. University Health Services confirmed three cases of the virus at the University Park campus. Officials say ...

Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin made headlines Tuesday after revealing in a radio interview that he had purposefully exposed his nine unvaccinated children to chickenpox, drawing swift condemnation from ...