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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 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...

Adult non-flu vaccination levels 'unacceptably low,' CDC says

2013-01-29 15:47:00

Researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said Tuesday that vaccination coverage levels in U.S. adults were “unacceptably low,” and that public health workers need to do more to make sure adults got immunizations to protect them from...

Barbara Walters, a.k.a. Benjamin Button, has chicken pox

2013-01-28 13:40:00

Barbara Walters has chicken pox. Not shingles, which comes from the same virus and is something one might more� likely expect in a woman who's 83 years old. No, Babs has good old-fashioned chicken pox. "She'd never had it as a child," Whoopi...

Two-alarm fire reported at Universal Studios Hollywood

2013-01-23 14:24:12

American Craftsman meets Swiss chalet in Pasadena

2012-07-06 16:35:19

Tornadoes reported in Northern California as storm hits region

2012-10-22 17:53:38

Caught in the current of reverse migration

2012-10-21 00:00:00

CUATRO MILPAS, MEXICO— In this hardscrabble farming village, an American teenager like Luis Martinez was bound to stand out. Raised on Little Caesars pizzas and Big Gulps, Luis, 13, was portly. The village kids, subsisting on bowls of chicken...

Daum: After Sandy, a bit of weather envy

2012-11-01 00:00:00

When it comes to the relationship between Southern Californians and massive storms like Sandy, the conventional wisdom is that such weather (“such” meaning the kind not commonly found in Southern California) can give rise to just a tiny bit of...

Mike Holmes: "Make It Right" Mike talks home safety

2012-08-07 16:00:00

Your home is one of the biggest investments you will ever make. Taking care of it makes sense. It’s smart for you, it’s smart for your family and it’s smart for your investment. Unfortunately, a lot of homeowners think that...

Before and after: Old L.A. storybook house gets a sensitive makeover

2012-06-21 16:35:00

Look at the roof of the home you are considering purchasing, but don't stop there, said William J. Stanley Jr., owner of the Stanco Inc. home inspection company in Cheshire. "You can compare it to the ones on either side," Stanley said. "If it looks a lot worse, it's a red flag.

2013-04-17 00:00:00

Mike Aimes, lower left, a construction teacher at Palatine High School, instructs his class in laying roofing shingles on a house built by 36 students near Plum Grove Road and Michigan Avenue.

2013-03-20 13:49:33

A shingled roof can last 20 years. Curling or cracked shingles signal the end is near.

2013-03-08 12:36:00