The committee voted for separate MMR and varicella vaccines for the first dose in toddlers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) ...
The varicella vaccine is highly effective and decreases chickenpox cases significantly. Chickenpox is contagious 1-2 days before you develop a rash and until all blisters crust over. If untreated, ...
Martin Kulldorff speaks during a meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Sept. 18, 2025 in Chamblee, Georgia. Reporter Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine advisory committee ...
Updates were made to the COVID-19 and the combined measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV) vaccine recommendations.
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has recommended an update to the product information of the varicella (chickenpox) vaccines Varilrix and ...