March is the month where cases of chickenpox start to rise in the UK as the common childhood virus comes to the fore. The seasonal disease, caused by the varicella-zoster virus, can peak from this ...

Many people think chickenpox isn’t that serious, but the disease can actually be life-threatening. Chickenpox caused more than 10,000 hospitalizations and up to 150 deaths every year before the ...

In a Friday release, Penn State said three cases of varicella, commonly known as chickenpox, have been confirmed by health officials on the University Park campus. The contagious virus brings a ...