The incidence of chickenpox has declined with widespread use of live-attenuated varicella vaccine in infants (Journal Watch Feb 22 2002). To assess the vaccine's effectiveness, researchers ...

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, chicken pox. I was tested in 2022 for ...

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However, the introduction of the chickenpox vaccine in 1995 has caused a decline in the incidence of chickenpox in all ages, particularly in children ages 1 through 4 years. The varicella vaccine can ...

The varicella vaccine is highly effective, making chickenpox less common than it once was. After you get chickenpox, the virus stays in your body and can cause shingles, a painful rash ...

It will compete with Merck & Co's equally well-established MMR II vaccine in the US, which has had the market mostly to itself since it was approved by the FDA in the 1970s, as well as Merck's ...

IFFIm, which raises funding for the UN-backed Gavi vaccine alliance, said in a statement it had priced a $1 billion, 3-year fixed-rate bond "to fund critical vaccine research and immunisation ...

The adult vaccination schedule is a list and timeline of immunizations recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Vaccines protect you from getting and transmitting various ...

Inactivated vaccines, also called killed vaccines, are made from a protein or other small pieces taken from a virus or bacteria. They use this component to stimulate the immune system to protect the ...