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A vaccine for chickenpox could be available by 1986
Relief is now in sight. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania an nounced last week that early trials with a vaccine showed it was safe and 100% effective in warding off the disease in children. If the promising findings hold up, predicts Pediatrician Robert Weibel, who directed the study, "I...
Why has the vaccine been so long in coming?
The trial of the new vaccine, reported in the New England Journal of Medi cine, involved 914 healthy youngsters ranging in age from one to 14,468 were injected with the vaccine, while the rest received a placebo. Neither the researchers nor the children's families knew which drug...
The importance of a successful varicella vaccine goes beyond protecting children. Even those who recover uneventfully can be painfully reminded of the disease in adulthood by shingles. The chickenpox virus is a member of the herpes family of viruses that can lie dormant along nerves for decades and be suddenly...