Science & Medicine
Chickenpox may become an illness of the past if a proposed vaccine is approved by the Food and Drug Administration and adopted as part of routine childhood inoculations.
Dec. 17, 1993
Doctors may need to give two doses of the chickenpox vaccine instead of one, experts said Wednesday after a study showed a single dose has a far higher failure rate than previously thought.
Dec. 12, 2002
Refusing chickenpox vaccine puts children at risk
Jan. 5, 2010
With older kids getting the disease, it appears the vaccine may require at least one booster.
April 23, 2007
National health researchers have picked the Antelope Valley as one of three places where they will track the effectiveness of a new chickenpox vaccine.
Jan. 27, 1995
World & Nation
Wisconsin GOP blocks Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to mandate students get vaccinated against meningitis and obtain a doctor’s note to avoid a chickenpox shot.
March 9, 2023
The federal government Friday approved a long-awaited chickenpox vaccine, initiating an era when virtually all of the known major childhood diseases will be preventable.
March 18, 1995
Chickenpox has taken hold of a school in North Carolina where many families claim religious exemption from vaccines.
Nov. 19, 2018
Beginning this month, a vaccine is available for chickenpox, a disease that strikes nearly 4 million people a year in the United States.
May 10, 1995
Immunizations are probably responsible for saving more children’s lives than any other medical development in the history of this country.
May 14, 2001