Source: Children offered chickenpox vaccine by the NHS for first time – Yahoo News UK
Children in the UK will be offered a chickenpox vaccine for the first time, as the NHS rolls them out nationwide.
Youngsters across the UK will now be offered the vaccine along with the MMR jab, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella.
Health experts welcomed the news, saying chickenpox can be “very serious” for some.
The rollout of the vaccine could also help reduce the burden on families, they said, with many parents forced to take time off work to care for their children while they are sick.
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