A LOT MORE DETAILS ON THAT COMING UP. NEW THIS AFTERNOON A SPARTANBURG COUNTY CHARTER SCHOOL IS DEALING WITH A BOUT OF CHICKEN POX. AS A RESULT, GLOBAL ACADEMY WILL GO TO E-LEARNING AT LEAST UNTIL THE ...

The chicken pox vaccine became available in the U.S. in 1995 and, since then, cases of the virus in the U.S. have plummeted. But chicken pox still emerges from time to time. Montana public health ...

The varicella vaccine is highly effective and decreases chickenpox cases significantly. Chickenpox is contagious 1-2 days before you develop a rash and until all blisters crust over. If untreated, ...

Thanks to the vaccination program that began in 1995, chickenpox is now relatively rare. Cases of the miserable, itchy condition have fallen more than 97 percent. But, while children have largely put ...

An increase in chickenpox cases has been reported among children in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus, spreading easily in ...