CHICKENPOX jabs will be offered to all children on the NHS for the first time from today. Vaccination against the varicella ...

The number of patients in hospital with flu has decreased but NHS bosses have warned that another round of cold could ...

Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV). The virus is transmitted through direct ...

Children in the South West can now get what has been described as a "historic" free vaccination against chickenpox from the ...

A vaccine against chickenpox will be added to the routine NHS childhood vaccination programme - here's everything you need to ...

NHS bosses say the fall is welcome, but expect freezing temperatures to increase pressure on the health service.

People who catch norovirus have been urged by the NHS to stay at home while they recover as cases of the illness surged during December. Healthcare professionals warned the stomach flu can be “very ...

Children who catch chickenpox are typically advised to stay off school until all spots have formed a scab, which is usually ...

The number of flu patients occupying hospital beds across England has reached unprecedented levels for this time of year. Healthcare authorities have cautioned that the NHS is preparing itself for an ...

A recent Nature journal study analyzed over seven million data points from the National Health Service (NHS) coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) app to understand how app measurements can be ...

Wes Streeting has said that the prospect of a resident doctors’ strike and a surge in virus cases collapsing the NHS is a “pretty terrifying position” for both him and frontline staff. He said he is ...