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
Opinion
A judge ruled against San Diego’s school vaccine mandate, saying the state decides such matters. Schools need help from Newsom and the Legislature.
Dec. 27, 2021
Business
Trump’s VP pick, J.D. Vance, wants Americans to have more kids. So why are he and Trump calling for an end to the vaccine mandates that keep kids healthy?
July 30, 2024
Chickenpox has taken hold of a school in North Carolina where many families claim religious exemption from vaccines.
Nov. 19, 2018
Sports
Two Kansas City Royals — All-Star reliever Kelvin Herrera and right fielder Alex Rios — have been diagnosed with chickenpox and will be away for at least two weeks to make sure no one else on the team comes down with it.
Sept. 2, 2015
Science & Medicine
Chickenpox deaths down dramatically since vaccine
July 25, 2011
Refusing chickenpox vaccine puts children at risk
Jan. 5, 2010
Steve Blake is back and Lakers hope that’s the end of the chickenpox story
April 20, 2011
With older kids getting the disease, it appears the vaccine may require at least one booster.
April 23, 2007
Merck’s chickenpox vaccine Varivax not only loses its effectiveness after a while, but it also has changed the profile of the disease in the population, U.S. researchers reported Wednesday.
March 19, 2007