This factsheet explains chickenpox (varicella) to support nurses in identifying and managing the common childhood disease.

Niagara is famous for its peaches, which could be under threat from a virus detected in the area for the first time since ...

On its website, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says plum pox virus (PPV) can "drastically reduce" yields of plants including peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots, cherries and almonds.

Cork doctor Niamh Lynch has warned about a childhood virus doing the rounds 'hated more than RSV', warning that adenovirus ...

The first known outbreak of the virus in Scotland was in 2007 near Lockerbie, Dumfries, and Galloway, and in spring last year, the first death from squirrel pox of a red squirrel north of the ...

The New York City doc warned against a practice that’s rumored to have picked up in Texas, where nearly 200 cases of measles ...

Measles symptoms usually appear seven to 14 days after contact with the virus and typically include high fever, cough, runny ...

Symptoms of monkeypox can also be compared with smallpox — a related virus that was declared eradicated in 1980. Like smallpox, monkeypox causes pus-filled boils. But monkeypox is generally ...

More cases from the Penn State outbreak may be found, as the incubation period of chickenpox is more than two weeks. The CDC ...

This virus causes chicken pox and, in later life, shingles. So using the same 3D bioengineered brain model the researchers looked at whether VZV infection influences brain cells already seeded ...

caused by varicella zoster virus (VZV), the same virus responsible for chicken pox. Shingles is both widespread and debilitating. Each year, as many as 20 million people worldwide are affected by ...

Similar to the concept of a “Pox Party,” a measles party brings a group of children together to intentionally expose them to ...