Chickenpox jab UK rollout, and how the US grabbed Maduro

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Natural Sciences, Science, Science Radio, Naked Scientists, Health & Fitness, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Life Sciences

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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This week, the UK begins the rollout of the chickenpox vaccine to younger children. But why is it only being offered now? Plus, the high-level technological plan to capture Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, what the latest research says about the health of vegan and vegetarian diets in the young, and the risks posed by "space junk" that falls back to Earth... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:27.8	Coming up, infants in the UK begin to receive chicken pox jabs.
0:32.1	But what took us so long?
0:34.0	The daring technological mission to capture Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro
0:37.8	and why children eating vegan and vegetarian diets might be shorter.
0:50.5	From this month, young children in the UK are now being offered protection against chickenpox virus by the NHS, the National Health Service, for the first time.
1:00.6	The vaccine, known as MMRV, is given in combination with the existing MMR jab, which is offered at 12 and 18 months of age, and it's expected to reduce the number of families who are affected
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