A check on chickenpox
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Vaccination has made chickenpox a lot less common now. But at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, researcher Jessica Leung says the viral disease is still around, and it can be spread easily. Anyone who hasn't had chickenpox and isn't vaccinated with the chickenpox vaccine can get infected.
Leung says that, although chickenpox typically is not terrible - it creates itchy, fluid-filled blisters that eventually become scabs - chickenpox can be life-threatening in some cases. She also says it can be avoided:
"CDC recommends that children get two doses of chickenpox vaccine - the first dose at 12 to 15 months of age, and a second dose at 4 to 6 years of age." (10 seconds)
She says the two doses are very safe and effective.