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Fewer than a third of Arizona classrooms have herd immunity against measles, even as a deadly outbreak spreads. But there's ...
The two ways to get lifelong protection from the highly contagious disease is to have already had it or get the MMR vaccine.
Gardner says that Hawaii stood out to her in the study because it experienced a significant drop in measles vaccine coverage; ...
After a seven-year lull, Whatcom County has recorded a case of the mumps. On Monday, May 12, Whatcom County Health and Community Services announced that it had confirmed a case of the disease for ...
The must-do list targets contagious illnesses such as diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis; polio; Hepatitis B; measles, mumps and rubella; and varicella (chickenpox). Many of those require a series ...
During an interview with Dr. Phil in late April, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made the bold claim that "the mumps part" of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine "has never worked." ...
Mumps is a viral infection that often causes swelling in your salivary glands. It usually isn’t serious, but it’s easily spread through saliva and mucus. It can be spread just through talking ...
Michigan has identified 11 confirmed or probable mumps infections thus far in 2025. The contagious viral infection, which affects the salivary glands and causes painful swelling of the jaw ...
THE most disabling and striking complication of mumps is orchitis, which has been reported as affecting 15 to 40 per cent 1,2 of adult males in different epidemics. The pain appears to be related ...
U.S. health officials have changed their advice to international travelers about measles, saying Americans should be ...