A string of chicken pox cases at one Massachusetts public school district has reignited the conversation on vaccines. Newton administrators will require every student to be vaccinated against ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned in an internal document that the delta variant of the coronavirus appears to spread as easily as chickenpox and likely causes more ...

Comparison of Varicella-Zoster and Smallpox The most common disease that may be confused with smallpox is varicella, or chickenpox. [4] Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, a DNA ...