Most adults who had the chicken pox when they were children would be loathe to repeat the experience. The itching, the scratching, the general feeling of malaise. In fact, many people think that once ...

The first thing that springs to mind when you think of chicken pox is children, and you’d be right to think that as the virus mainly affects their health. But unfortunately, that doesn’t mean adults ...

Today’s batch of burning questions, my smart-aleck answers and the real deal: Question: Could you please find out if those of us who are older and had all the old-time regular vaccines could pick up a ...

Angelina Jolie missed the Dec. 15 premiere of her film, "Unbroken," a movie she directed and produced, because of what was described as a mild case of chicken pox. Chickenpox is caused by the ...

My 17 year old daugther returned from a trip overseas on Friday afternoon only to wake up with chicken pox on Sunday morning. I have never had chicken pox. I suffer from CFS. I have been ill with ...

SALISBURY — Rowan County Public Health officially confirmed one case of chickenpox in a young adult. It is the first confirmed chickenpox case in the county in three years. A release from the health ...

Barbara Walters is going to be off “The View” for another three weeks or so, the veteran newswoman said in a call to the show Wednesday. She also shed light on her recent fall, and revealed how she ...

The endless urge to scratch the itch, plenty of us can remember the time we had chickenpox. The illness is fairly common in children growing up and is easily caught when a child either comes into ...

Chickenpox is a common illness caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Symptoms of chickenpox include fever and itchy spots or blisters all over the body. Chickenpox is usually mild and runs its course ...