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A new school year is upon us, bringing with it a long list of to-do’s for Michigan parents. Among the top priorities, ...
And then there’s the whole issue of getting over some people’s fears of vaccines, particularly the MMR. Some Background on the Mumps Vaccine The mumps vaccine has had a circuitous history.
Texas health officials are warning the public that thousands of cheerleaders may have been exposed to mumps at a national competition in Dallas last month. Competitors from 39 states and nine ...
While mumps isn’t generally severe, there can be serious complications. Men and boys can develop swelling in their testicles — called orchitis — which mostly resolves without incident but ...
Mumps, a disease thought to have gone by the wayside in North America along with typhoid fever, dysentery and anything else that might kill you while playing Oregon Trail, has been circulating ...
Four mumps cases confirmed, 2 probable cases identified at UNH, officials say Vaccines made available to friends of students Updated: 11:09 PM EST Feb 14, 2020 Editorial Standards ⓘ Mike Cronin ...
Mumps can last a few weeks and cause fever, headache, muscle aches and swollen salivary glands. So far, no cases have been reported at any other local colleges, including Wright State University.
During that period, coverage for the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine fell from 95.2% to 93.9%, coverage for the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTaP) vaccine fell from 94.9% to 93.6% ...
NHL teams are postponing their annual holiday visits to hospitals, amid a mumps outbreak within the league. Four teams have amended their plans as of Tuesday evening, out of concern that an ...
More than 1,500 people in the New York area, mostly Orthodox Jewish boys and young men in Brooklyn, have contracted mumps in the worst outbreak in the United States since 2006, city and federal ...