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." He ...

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, is spread ...

Out of an abundance of caution and consistent with recommendations from the California Department of Public Health, UC Davis offers the following public health information: An individual with a ...

In 1971, the United States rolled out a revolutionary new vaccine for measles, mumps, and rubella. The MMR vaccine nearly eradicated all three of those viruses by the start of the 21st century. Over ...

NEILLSVILLE, Wis. (WSAW) - The Clark County Health Department (CCHD) has received notification of a confirmed case of mumps in Clark County. Mumps is a contagious disease that is caused by the mumps ...

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, ...

The largest outbreak of mumps to hit the U.S. in nearly 20 years has epidemiologists scratching their heads. After all, the illness, with its characteristic inflamed salivary glands and swollen throat ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Japanese researchers say mumps-related hearing loss in children may be 20 times more common than previously suggested. "Deafness is a rare but important complication of ...