New research published in Nature Reviews Disease Primers is shedding light on the surprisingly broad range of neurological ...

Chickenpox used to be a common infection in the United States. For example, in the 1990s, about 4 million people got chickenpox every year, and more than 10,000 people experienced hospitalization. In ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated recommendations for the use of varicella-zoster immune globulin (VariZIG) to reduce the severity of infection by varicella-zoster virus ...

Varicella disease has been preventable in the United States since 1995. Starting in 1999, active and passive surveillance data showed sharp decreases in varicella disease. We reviewed national death ...

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has recommended an update to the product information of the varicella (chickenpox) vaccines Varilrix and ...

The introduction of universal varicella vaccination in 1995 has substantially reduced varicella-related morbidity and mortality in the United States. However, it remains unclear whether ...

The varicella zoster virus (VZV), an infectious virus from the herpes virus family, is primarily known to cause varicella in children and shingles in adults. But lately, this virus has also been ...

Overview: Varivax is a vaccine that helps protect against chickenpox. Chickenpox is a very contagious illness caused by the varicella-zoster virus. It helps your immune system learn how to fight the ...

BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (“SINOVAC” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, today announced that it received prequalification ...

Vaccine-associated varicella zoster virus infection is rare in adults who are otherwise healthy. Vaccine-associated (V-A) varicella zoster virus (VZV) infections are rare in adults, although it should ...

Infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes varicella (chickenpox), which can be severe in immunocompromised individuals, infants and adults. Primary infection is followed by latency in ...