Dr. Roach: 63-year-old debates getting shingles and chicken pox vaccines
Chicken pox (varicella) is the disease people get when they are exposed to the varicella-zoster virus for the first time.
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Louisiana’s child vaccination rates are slipping. Health care workers are getting creative.
Standard vaccinations include DTaP, which protects against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis; polio; MMR, which protects ...
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Whooping Cough Outbreak
Clark County is experiencing an outbreak of whooping cough and chickenpox. Kids can miss a week of school, or more, if they get infected. It there is a chickenpox outbreak at ...
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The People's Pharmacy: Take a gun to a knife fight with cold sores
It was first approved in 1982 as a topical cream to treat cold sores. Oral tablets also became available; the Food and Drug ...
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Clark County has 406 cases of whooping cough — the highest number in Washington
Clark County is experiencing an alarming spike in whooping cough and chickenpox cases among children — outbreaks that health ...
Whooping cough, chickenpox outbreaks hit Clark County schools
Clark County Public Health officials are warning residents about a rise in whooping cough cases and chickenpox outbreaks ...
Nearly 170 whooping cough cases reported in 2 months in Clark County
Three schools have been impacted by chickenpox outbreaks. The majority of whooping cough and chickenpox cases are among ...
Health officials urge vaccines as whooping cough, chickenpox surge in Clark County
Officials say that just in the first two months of the school year they reported that there were 168 whooping cough cases.