Daily HealthBeat Tip - September 02, 2008

Beating chickenpox

Jane Seward of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says adults and children have benefited.

``Hospitalizations, and costs associated with hospitalizations, have declined 75 to 88 percent. And deaths have declined by about 75 percent in people under 50, but over 90 percent in children.’’  (14 seconds)

Last revised: September, 02 2008