The NHS has launched free chickenpox vaccinations for children across the UK today, marking the first time the jab has been added to the routine childhood immunisation schedule since 2015. GP ...

For the first time, the chickenpox vaccine will be available on the NHS, with children across the UK eligible. The jab will be offered to children in conjunction with the MMR vaccine, which provides ...

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All young children in the UK can now be offered protection against chickenpox for the first time on the NHS. The vaccine will be combined with the existing MMR jab, given at 12 and 18 months of age, ...

Calamine lotion can be used to help relieve the itchiness of chickenpox spots [Getty Images] Young children in the UK are being offered protection against chickenpox on the NHS for the first time. It ...

Young children in the UK are being offered protection against chickenpox on the NHS for the first time. It is being added to the list of standard childhood vaccinations from the start of January, and ...

Children in the South West can now get what has been described as a "historic" free vaccination against chickenpox from the NHS, health bosses say. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, ...