Mumps isn’t part of routine health conversation in the way flu or whooping cough are; the youngest generations can’t even remember a time when not everyone was vaccinated against the virus. But the contagious illness, once common among babies and children, is making a comeback, largely at universities.
Category: Mumps
Mumps Infections Hit Double Digits in Dallas County
Yesterday, Dallas County Health and Human Services confirmed the 10th case in the Dallas County. Even though mumps is highly contagious, each case reported so far has been related to travel.
Vaccine rates strong locally
… all Chautau-qua County schools have immunization rates at or above 95 percent. But despite the strong numbers, county health officials say some vaccinations could see improved uptake rates. Before students enter school, they need to have …
Vaccination Rates For School Children Remains High Locally
… all Chautauqua County schools have immunization rates at or above 95 percent. But despite the strong numbers, county health officials say some vaccinations could see improved uptake rates. Before students enter school, they need to have …
Mumps Bump: Cases Rise In Iowa, Illinois And Arkansas
This highly infectious disease is much less hazardous that it was decades ago, but health officials are still reacting strongly to several big outbreaks. Most years, health officials report a few hundred cases of mumps but this year the total has topped 4,000 .
Mumps hitting state’s Marshallese hard
The breadth of the outbreak of mumps in Northwest Arkansas appears to be linked in part to that area’s community of Marshall Islanders, the director of the state Department of Health said Monday. Meanwhile, the region’s high rate of unvaccinated schoolchildren compared with the rest of the state doesn’t appear to be a factor in the unusual size of the outbreak, said Nate Smith, director of the state Department of Health.