LONDON (Reuters) - Suspected cases of the previously eradicated disease smallpox in eastern Uganda appear to be chickenpox and not the acute contagious disease, the World Health Organization said on ...

Moreover, chickenpox in adults may be more severe and more dangerous to health than in children. Therefore, its symptoms, especially the characteristic rash, should not be underestimated. We advise ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Officials at St. John Hospital in Leavenworth, Kan., quarantined their emergency room for more than five hours Monday after admitting a patient with chickenpox symptoms so severe ...

Sometimes great successes have unintended consequences. That's the case with one of the world's biggest triumphs - the eradication of smallpox. That achievement may have set the stage for an outbreak ...

Part of the hospital at Andrews Air Force Base was quarantined for more than two hours last night after a patient arrived with symptoms resembling smallpox, Air Force officials said. The patient, who ...

It all started with an unremarkable trip to grandma’s house in 1970. But two days into the visit, something went terribly wrong. The 9-month-old grandson fell ill. First, a fever. Then, a nasty rash.

Before vaccines, some parents intentionally exposed their children to the virus. In the internet age, that thinking is resurfacing.

After small pox was eradicated and vaccinations against the disease came to an end, people in parts of Africa started getting sick with something rarely seen before - mpox. Researchers eventually ...