A third dose of the mumps vaccine, if given early during an outbreak, might reduce transmission and prevent the disease in some people who are most at risk, according to mathematical models 1.

Mumps was a common childhood illness until a vaccination for it was launched in the late Eighties. Now it’s relatively rare.

Officials with Southwestern Public Health say parents should make sure their kids' vaccinations are updated. They say they're monitoring recent cases of mumps and measles across Elgin and Oxford ...

A single mumps vaccine given to thousands of children whose parents have shunned the controversial MMR jab was banned in Britain. Officials have banned imports of the Pavivac jab from the Czech ...

Oct 7 (Reuters) - Merck (MRK.N), opens new tab is immune from an antitrust lawsuit accusing it of misleading regulators about the effectiveness of its mumps vaccine in order to ward off ...

A class-action lawsuit claims Merck overcharged for a less potent mumps vaccine, violating the Sherman Act. The District Court denied Merck's summary judgment, acknowledging ethical issues but ...

Chennai: Mumps should be made notifiable disease, directorate of public health has recommended, adding that vaccination against the viral infection which primarily affects the salivary glands ...

Health officials in Elgin and Oxford counties are urging parents to keep their kids’ vaccinations up-to-date after a local ...

An expert on vaccine policy said it was a safe assumption is that some parents obtained vaccinations as their children faced ...

The convergence of uninsured adults without access to vaccination services, mis/disinformation, and partisan politics translates to tangible outcomes including a dip in kindergarten vaccination rates; ...

This data revealed Wisconsin children are behind on important childhood vaccines, such as polio, pertussis, diphtheria and tetanus (DTaP) and measles, mumps and rubella (MMR). For example ...