What are the benefits of the MMR/MMRV vaccine? The MMR vaccine protects your child against three viruses: measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles). The MMRV is the same as the MMR, except that it ...

The New Jersey Department of Health is investigating a suspected cluster of mumps cases in Hunterdon County among eight family members who traveled internationally, according to a recent press release ...

Until a measles vaccine became available in 1963, 400 to 500 people a year nationwide died of the disease and nearly 50,000 were hospitalized. The danger of measles and other diseases for which ...

The Hawaii Department of Health said a case of mumps has been confirmed in an individual on Hawaii island. Health officials said Monday that this case is community-acquired, and not travel-related, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whatcom County health officials say someone has tested positive for mumps. It’s the first case in the county in seven years.

An Anchorage middle school student is suspected of having mumps, a virus-caused disease that’s highly contagious for those who aren’t vaccinated against it. In an email to Romig Middle School families ...

As an outbreak of mumps that began in the Midwest spreads east, area parents have been asking pediatricians what they should do to protect their kids. The basic advice is this, said Thomas T. Rubio, ...

BENSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - The Benson Unified School District is alerting parents about a possible case of mumps within the district. The potential case has caught some residents by surprise, prompting ...

Most Americans, including doctors, have no memory of the devastating diseases that routinely threatened children until the 1960s. By Emily Baumgaertner Some of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s picks ...

Pneumonia struck first. Then tonsillitis spiraled into sepsis. Malaria battered him next, and after treatment, the other illnesses flared back up again. This unvaccinated 2-year-old boy is trapped in ...