CDC says mumps outbreak continues in N.Y.
The Center for Disease Control has issued a preliminary set of data regarding mumps cases for 2010 in the United States. Read More »
View ArticleVaccinations needed to fight future mumps outbreaks
A recent study suggested that more vaccinations are required in order to prevent future outbreaks of the mumps. Read More »
View ArticleTwo doses of mumps vaccine superior to one
The analysis of a recent Ontario, Canada, mumps outbreak has indicated that two doses of mumps vaccine are more effective than one, showing renewed importance that people be up to date on their mumps...
View ArticleBritish Columbia warns of mumps outbreak
The British Columbia Center for Disease Control issued a health alert on Monday asking parents to make sure that their children are immunized with the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine after 77 cases of...
View ArticleMumps outbreak reported at California university
Campus officials at the University of California - Berkeley recently announced an outbreak of mumps on campus. Read More »
View ArticleCalifornia mumps outbreak grows
A mumps outbreak on the campus of the University of California - Berkeley has grown, with six people confirmed infected and 13 people undergoing testing. Read More »
View ArticleBerkeley student contracted mumps in Europe
According to state public health officials, a UC-Berkeley student contracted mumps on a trip to Europe and infected others upon returning to campus, where as many as 44 people have now been diagnosed....
View ArticleThird MMR dose likely stopped 2009-2010 New York mumps outbreak
TweetA new study has shown that administering third dose of the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine to children likely stopped a 2009–2010 mumps outbreak in Orange County, New York. Guidelines in the...
View ArticleMore than a dozen suspected mumps cases at Baltimore university
TweetOfficials at Loyola University in Baltimore said last week that more than a dozen students came down with mumps or suspected mumps cases. Loyola University officials said the cases started in...
View ArticleMore than 200,000 MMR vaccines ordered by U.K. doctors
TweetMore than 95 percent of U.K. general practitioner offices have ordered additional MMR vaccines, which will require a total of more than 200,000 MMR vaccines to keep up supplies for the national...
View ArticleDenmark experiences largest number of mumps cases since 1994
TweetDenmark’s Statens Serum Institute recorded 47 laboratory-confirmed mumps cases this year, the largest number recorded in Denmark since 1994, the SSI said on Wednesday. The first mumps cases were...
View ArticleMMR vaccine connected to lower rate of hospital admissions
TweetVaccination with the live measles, mumps and rubella vaccine after vaccination for other common infections was associated with a lower rate of infection-related hospital admissions, according to a...
View ArticleThe Ohio State University mumps outbreaks spreads into Franklin County
TweetColumbus Public Health in Ohio is investigating a mumps outbreak in Columbus and Franklin County and recently urged all persons that have yet not been vaccinated against the infection to do so...
View ArticleColumbus public health officials provide update on mumps outbreak
TweetColumbus Public Health and Franklin County Public Health said on Tuesday that they are continuing to investigate an outbreak of mumps in Ohio, and encouraged everyone to make sure they were...
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