The New Jersey Department of Health is investigating a suspected cluster of mumps cases in Hunterdon County among eight family members who traveled internationally, according to a recent press release ...

EVANSTON, Ill. (WLS) -- Parents in the northern suburbs were warned Tuesday about suspected cases of the mumps at two schools. Officials at schools in Evanston and in Mundelein have sent letters home ...

The Hawaii Department of Health has confirmed a case of mumps in an individual on Hawaii Island. The case is not travel-related, suggesting that mumps may currently be circulating on the island, ...

The virus that causes mumps spreads through close contact with an infected person. Children and unvaccinated people have a ...

As an outbreak of mumps that began in the Midwest spreads east, area parents have been asking pediatricians what they should do to protect their kids. The basic advice is this, said Thomas T. Rubio, ...

NEILLSVILLE, Wis. (WSAW) - The Clark County Health Department (CCHD) has received notification of a confirmed case of mumps in Clark County. Mumps is a contagious disease that is caused by the mumps ...

What are the benefits of the MMR/MMRV vaccine? The MMR vaccine protects your child against three viruses: measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles). The MMRV is the same as the MMR, except that it ...

Until a measles vaccine became available in 1963, 400 to 500 people a year nationwide died of the disease and nearly 50,000 were hospitalized. The danger of measles and other diseases for which ...

There were enough unvaccinated students at about 5% of California’s public schools to fuel outbreaks of preventable childhood diseases last year, according to audit data from the state — and another 1 ...