The NHS is rolling out out a vaccine for young children that protects against chickenpox. From today, youngsters across the UK will be offered the vaccine, which will be adminstered as part of the MMR ...

All young children in the UK can now be offered protection against chickenpox for the first time on the NHS. The vaccine will be combined with the existing MMR jab, given at 12 and 18 months of age, ...

Calamine lotion can be used to help relieve the itchiness of chickenpox spots [Getty Images] Young children in the UK are being offered protection against chickenpox on the NHS for the first time. It ...

Young children in the UK are being offered protection against chickenpox on the NHS for the first time. It is being added to the list of standard childhood vaccinations from the start of January, and ...

All children aged 12 to 18 months across the UK will be offered a vaccine for chickenpox - also known as Varicella – for the first time. The programme is being introduced following advice from the ...

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 ...

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Chickenpox will now be added to the NHS childhood routine vaccination programme in what has been described as a “historic milestone”. Health chiefs say the move will boost population health, cut ...

GPs will be contacting families to offer the MMRV vaccine as part of the routine childhood vaccination programme (Alamy/PA) A vaccine which protects against chickenpox is to be rolled out across the ...

A CHICKENPOX vaccine was rolled out across the NHS for the first time today. Health experts welcomed the “hugely positive moment” as youngsters were offered the vaccine alongside the MMR, which ...