MMR vaccines are safe and effective, but fewer children are getting them.

Mumps is a viral illness that affects parotid salivary glands. While it starts with mild symptoms such as headache, fatigue and fever, it may eventually lead to swelling in the cheeks and jaw.

The MMR vaccine is a powerful tool to prevent three highly contagious viral diseases: measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles). Thanks to the MMR vaccine, introduced in 1963, these serious ...

Two of the four cases are in Lubbock, which hasn’t seen a case in more than 20 years. Meanwhile, measles vaccination rates in ...

Before the introduction of the mumps vaccine in 1967 in the U.S., more than 90 percent of children and adolescents came down with the infection. Although that percentage plummeted in the 1970s, the ...

New document compares vaccine risks to 10 disease risks NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / January 28, 2025 / ...

Rusk County Public Health has received notification of a confirmed case of mumps in Rusk County.