NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In Yucatan, during 2021, the lowest incidence of chickenpox was recorded in a decade (2012), due to...

Back in the ‘80s – in between wearing teal windbreakers and listening to Duran Duran – tens of millions of...

For proof of the power of widespread vaccination, you don’t have to look much further than the history of chickenpox...

Hurling ominous curses has become a lost art. An enraged modern person might throw such oaths as “A scourge upon...

Varicella zoster virus (VZV) vasculopathy may be an amyloid disease, according to a study published in Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation....

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Summit County Public Health has identified a cluster of varicella cases. Varicella, or more commonly, “chickenpox”,...

Summit County public health officials said Tuesday that they are investigating a cluster of chickenpox cases among middle- and elementary-aged...

(THE CONVERSATION) In July 2021, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention presentation obtained by the press noted that the delta variant...

In July 2021, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention presentation obtained by the press noted that the delta variant...

Shingles is a viral infection resulting from the same virus that causes chickenpox. After recovering from chickenpox, the virus stays...