Mumps cases are on the rise in the U.S., and a growing number of schools and college campuses are reporting outbreaks. A recent U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report shows that mumps ...

Mumps is a disease caused by a type of Rubulavirus, which is a genus of the Paramyxovirus family. The viral infection causes the salivary glands at the base and back of the jaw to swell, which causes ...

HOUSTON – The Unites States mumps vaccination program was started in 1967, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Around that time, the CDC said more than 185,000 cases were ...

Health officials are warning thousands of people who attended a national cheerleading competition in Texas last month to be on the lookout for signs and symptoms of mumps. A person with the virus ...

MUNCIE, Ind. — In the first two months of this year more than 1,000 cases of mumps were reported to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cases have been reported in 37 states and ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A state immunization program meant to combat a mumps epidemic will expand to include all Iowans ages 18 to 46, public health officials said Wednesday. It's the third phase of ...

Texas health officials are warning cheerleaders who attended a competition in Dallas that they may have been exposed to mumps. The Texas Department of State Health Services warned parents last Friday ...

Nick Cairns said immunisation was the best protection against the contagious virus. He said immunisation clinics at Napranum, Weipa and Mapoon would be promoted locally, with details available at the ...