Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every once in a while, news of a mumps outbreak makes headlines. The highly contagious viral disease has popped up on college ...

Public health officials have reported 34 mumps cases in the United States so far this year, including 19 confirmed and 7 probable cases in Maryland. The main symptom of mumps is puffiness along the ...

ATLANTA — With the U.S. facing a growing number of mumps outbreaks, an expert panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Wednesday that people who are at risk during ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you're among the 74 million baby boomers born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1964, your chances of having acquired the mumps as a ...

A mumps outbreak at Harvard University that began in early March has climbed to 41 cases as of Thursday, and could impact the school’s May 26th graduation ceremony and other campus events. Limited ...

The mumps vaccine doesn’t protect people as long as it needs to — only an average 27 years, according to a new study in Science Translational Medicine. But a booster dose at age 18 should be a ...

Up to 10% of mumps infections in teenagers or older people may cause complications Given recommended doses of MMR vaccine, protection lasts on average 27 years The MMR vaccine, given in two doses to ...

The implementation of routine measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination has led to a dramatic reduction in incidence of these infectious diseases, however, mumps is re-emerging nowadays 1,2. Especially ...

MMR and chickenpox vaccines don't raise relapse risk for people with MS, a study found, supporting current vaccination ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I offer straight talk on science, medicine, health and vaccines. So what's going on? Isn't there a vaccine for mumps? Weren't ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services warned this week of multiple ongoing mumps outbreaks. The surge, which includes 221 cases this year, constitutes the highest incidence of mumps in the ...