“It usually takes one to three weeks for symptoms to appear after someone is exposed to the virus. These include fever and tiredness, a red, itchy skin rash that turns into small blisters, headaches ...

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Health officials in South Sudan’s Lakes State have reported cases of chickenpox and suspected measles at Rumbek Central ...

The shingles vaccine could do double duty as a protector against both infections and dementia, according to a new study.

Chicken pox is a disease in which red rashes appear on the body. Most people in India call chicken pox as Mata. Let us know ...

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A rash accompanied by swollen lymph nodes usually stems from a viral infection, such as measles, chickenpox, or mononucleosis. A rash is an inflammatory response that causes changes to your skin ...

A new case of travel-related measles has been confirmed in B.C.'s Lower Mainland, bringing the total number of confirmed ...