How safe is chickenpox vaccine?
The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the U.S. Public Health Service all recommend chickenpox vaccine.

Research has shown chickenpox vaccine to be safe and effective. This vaccine has been used since the early 1970s in several areas of the world and studied in the United States since the 1980s.

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1. What is chickenpox?
2. What are the symptoms of chickenpox?
3. How is chickenpox spread?
4. How serious is chickenpox?
5. Who should get chickenpox vaccine?
6. How safe is chickenpox vaccine?
7. Does the vaccine have side effects?