Chickenpox

Barbara Walters to retire from TV journalism

2013-05-13 05:00:00

Barbara Walters is saying goodbye to TV journalism. After more than half a century in the industry, the veteran ABC News anchor plans to retire next summer, ABC announced Sunday night. Walters, 83, is set to make it official Monday morning on "The View....

Barbara Walters retiring but 'not walking into the sunset'

2013-05-13 11:05:00

Barbara Walters made it official on "The View" on Monday morning: after the summer of 2014, she won't be appearing on TV anymore. During lengthy remarks at the top of Monday's program, Walters addressed the issue, which has been following her for...

Barbara Walters: Groundbreaking TV journalist is set to retire

2013-05-12 20:56:00

Barbara Walters is saying goodbye to TV journalism. After more than half a century in the industry, the veteran ABC News anchor plans to retire next summer,� an ABC spokesperson confirmed to The Times on Sunday night.� Walters, 83, is set to make it...

Chicken pox vaccine effective over long term, Kaiser study finds

2013-04-01 06:00:00

Once upon a time, not too terribly long ago, getting the chicken pox was practically a rite of passage for kids. But now, nearly 20 years after approval of a vaccine for the varicella virus, which causes the itchy illness, chicken pox is a rarity. A new...

Barbara Walters got chicken pox from smooching Frank Langella

2013-03-05 15:12:00

Barbara Walters made her triumphant return to "The View" this week after being laid up with a series of maladies, including chicken pox, since late January. And after a few surprises for her, like an appearance by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg with a...

Barbara Walters, 83, may retire, changing the face of 'The View'

2013-03-28 13:11:00

She's survived co-host battles, open heart surgery and a case of chicken pox, but even Barbara Walters is mortal, and her tenure as co-host of "The View" seems to be coming to an end. It appears the 83-year-old Walters is planning to retire in May 2014,...

'The View's' Barbara Walters has no retirement announcement yet

2013-04-01 11:39:00

Barbara Walters wasted no time Monday morning on "The View" addressing reports last week stating that the 83-year-old newswoman would be retiring in May 2014. "The paparazzi were outside my home today... however, here I am, and I have no announcement to...

Valerie Harper reveals she has terminal cancer

2013-03-06 10:49:00

Valerie Harper, best known for playing Rhoda Morgenstern on the beloved 1970s sitcoms "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Rhoda," has revealed she has terminal brain cancer. The actress, who also starred for two years on the '80s sitcom, "Valerie," told...

Barbara Walters will return to 'The View' next week

2013-02-26 12:38:00

After more than a month away from the cameras, Barbara Walters is on her way back to "The View." Walters on Tuesday called in to the daytime talk show she co-created to let her co-hosts know that after a lengthy period of recovery from a fall and...

Jennifer Lawrence ogles an 'oblivious' John Stamos

2013-02-06 18:18:00

Jennifer Lawrence has revealed one of her celebrity crushes: John Stamos of "Full House" fame. In a Tuesday appearance on "Conan," the always-unpredictable Oscar nominee said Uncle Jesse was the one celebrity who completely blew her mind. She bumped...

Barbara Walters reveals how she got chicken pox as an adult

2013-02-06 14:43:00

Barbara Walters is going to be off "The View" for another three weeks or so, the veteran newswoman said in a call to the show Wednesday. She also shed light on her recent fall, and revealed how she got chicken pox. "What happened was that I had a...

Barbara Walters finally home from the hospital

2013-01-29 16:26:00

Barbara Walters appears to be on the mend and out of the hospital after a rough week that involved the esteemed newswoman taking a spill, cutting her head, developing a fever and, to top it off, getting a rare case of adult chicken pox. According to...

Chicken pox lesions like these weren't unusual in 1963, when this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention photo was taken. Today the varicella vaccine saves most kids from having to suffer through the itchy breakouts.

2013-03-29 14:22:18

Barbara Walters remains hospitalized, now has chicken pox

2013-01-29 00:57:00

After cutting her head in a fall and then developing a fever, "The View" co-host Barbara Walters now has chicken pox.

2013-01-28 10:36:57