DEAR DR. ROACH: A few months ago, you wrote about the benefits of the shingles vaccine. At 63, I’m one of the 1% who has never had, nor been exposed to, chickenpox. I was tested in 2022 for ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Has any research been done that shows a correlation between the severity of one’s chickenpox and the chance of developing shingles? My sister was covered head to toe with chickenpox, ...

Would you give your child a lollipop that was infected with the chickenpox virus? Most parents say no way, but others want to throw a "pox party" to make sure their child gets sick. You may have heard ...

Skin rashes and fever, the common symptoms in both monkeypox and chickenpox have caused confusion among people although doctors have stressed that there is a difference in the way the symptoms of both ...

IT’S a common childhood illness that most people think they can easily spot… thanks to that tell-tale rash. But chickenpox isn’t just about the maddeningly itch. There are actually several other ...

Although chickenpox commonly occurs in childhood, adults can also get chickenpox. The chickenpox vaccine has helped reduce the number of people who get the virus each year, but chickenpox can still ...