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CDC Immunization Schedule Adopts Individual-Based Decision-Making for COVID-19 and Standalone Vaccination for Chickenpox in Toddlers, "Informed Consent Is Back,…

The immunization schedules adopt recent recommendations by the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which ...

Kennedy’s vaccine committee plans to vote on COVID-19, hepatitis B and chickenpox shots

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisory committee meets this week, with votes slated on whether to ...

Mum whose daughter died of chickenpox welcomes vaccine plan

A mother whose three-year-old daughter died from chickenpox has encouraged people to get their children vaccinated. Elana, from Thurrock, Essex, contracted the disease in 2009 and died six days later ...

Chickenpox: Why the UK has approved the MMRV vaccine in under-fours but the US is preparing to restrict it

Two countries, two different approaches to protecting children from chickenpox. While the UK prepares to introduce a combined ...

Chickenpox vaccine: who can get it, when and why?

The chickenpox – or varicella – vaccine is now available free of charge for all babies born on or after October 1st, 2024.