Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A chickenpox vaccine will soon be rolled out on the NHS in England, the government has confirmed. The jab, available from January, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chickenpox is usually mild but can lead to serious complications for some children (Getty Images) (Petko Ninov via Getty Images) A ...

England’s NHS is set to introduce a chickenpox vaccine from January, officials have announced, a move expected to safeguard children from severe complications and ease the burden on working parents.

A COMMON childhood illness Anna Martin caught during pregnancy caused her daughter Genevieve to be born with lifelong ...

Young children will be offered a free chicken pox jab on the NHS as part of their routine childhood vaccinations for the first time. It will be offered alongside the MMR jab, which protects against ...

Chickenpox vaccines in UK is now available for all young children on the NHS. This is the first time such protection against chickenpox has been offered. The vaccine will combine with the existing MMR ...

Hundreds of thousands of children are set to receive an additional vaccine under the NHS routine childhood immunisation programme. Health officials have confirmed it will be given alongside the ...

Hundreds of thousands of families with young children will be offered protection against chickenpox as part of their standard immunisation schedule for the first time. The NHS has confirmed its ...

The chickenpox vaccine will now be included in the NHS's vaccination programme - meaning hundreds of thousands of young children will be protected against getting the infection. Young children will be ...

Anna Martin, 31, from Chesterfield says she caught chickenpox during pregnancy which doctors repeatedly dismissed as 'just a ...