Syracuse University: Mumps cases prompt cancellation of fall lacrosse events
Officials with Syracuse University announced Friday that its men’s and women’s lacrosse teams will not participate in fall season events due to a current mumps outbreak among players. Mumps virus/CDC Since More...
Fort Worth schools report mumps in employee
The Fort Worth Independent School District (Fort Worth ISD) reported that an employee has contracted the mumps. Fort Worth ISD received the notification by the Tarrant County Public Health Department. Image/Dave More...
SUNY Geneseo mumps cases up to 17, all fully vaccinated
The number of confirmed mumps cases reported at the State University of New York at Geneseo, or SUNY Geneseo has climbed to 17, according to school officials Friday. This includes 11 off-campus and six on-campus More...
South Carolina officials confirm mumps at Winthrop University
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) reported confirming a mumps case connected to Winthrop University in Rock Hill this week. Officials said anyone who resided in or visited More...
Austin Petersen on Healthcare, Indiana mumps outbreak
Libertarian Presidential candidate, Austin Petersen joined me during the first half of the May 1 airing of the Outbreak News This Week Radio Show to talk about healthcare issues from a Libertarian perspective. Image/Robert More...
The Difference Between Vaccine Injury Compensation and Personal Injury Cases Explained
Awareness of the anti-vaccination movement may have only become widespread in recent years, but its roots go way back to the 60s and 70s. Today, the movement’s popularity can be attributed to the ease of spreading More...
Vaccine-preventable diseases and the resurgence in the US
Measles, mumps and pertussis–three vaccine-preventable diseases that are making news in the United States in 2014 with a resurgence in cases being seen locally in some cases, while nationally in others. As More...
Ohio mumps cases in 2014 exceed US 2013 total
The mumps outbreak in Central Ohio has reached a total 439 cases since the first cases were reported at the Ohio State University in early March. This total exceeds the total number of mumps cases reported in the More...
Mumps outbreak reported at Oxford’s Brasenose College
An outbreak of mumps has struck the 500-year-old college as at least 18 people have contracted the contagious disease, according to a report in The Oxford Times today. Brasenose College bursar Philip Parker said: More...
Ohio measles and mumps outbreaks continues to rise
In an update on the outbreaks of two vaccine preventable diseases in Ohio, health officials released numbers to show that both the measles and mumps outbreaks continue to grow. According to a Friday Columbus Public More...
Milwaukee health officials confirm four mumps cases
In a follow up to a report yesterday, The City of Milwaukee Health Department (MHD) has received reports of four confirmed cases of mumps infection in city residents, including area college students, and is working More...
Two UW-Milwaukee students are the latest mumps cases, Wisconsin total now 20
Following the seven cases of the contagious viral disease, mumps, on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the case reported in a UW-La Crosse student last month, CBS 58 news is reporting today More...
Ohio mumps and measles cases continue to rise, Ohio House staffer infected with mumps
The vaccine preventable diseases of measles and mumps continue their spread in the Buckeye State, in fact, the later has made it’s way to the State House. Mumps virus/CDC Statewide, the number of measles cases More...
Ohio: Mumps confirmed in Miami University student
The mumps outbreak in Central Ohio has been highly publicized as it continues to grow and spread with 309 cases as of Friday, including 183 cases linked to the Ohio State University. In addition, cases have been More...
University of Illinois at Urbana: Mumps diagnosed in about a dozen students
In a follow-up to a story earlier this week, the McKinley Health Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign says they have diagnosed mumps in about a dozen students since their return to studies following More...
Ohio mumps outbreak accounts for 75 percent of all cases nationwide
Columbus Public Health reported today that the Central Ohio area mumps outbreak is 75 percent of all cases nationwide. The new numbers reported by health officials are up to 295 mumps cases reported in Franklin More...
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: The latest school to experience a mumps outbreak
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s McKinley Health Center says that up to 10 people (nine students and one staff member) have been clinically diagnosed with the mumps since returning from More...
Ohio reports suspected measles outbreak, additional vaccine clinics opened
The Buckeye State, particularly Central Ohio, is not only battling a mumps outbreak, which as of Thursday totaled 273 cases, now health officials are reporting a suspected measles outbreak in Knox County in Central More...
Hoboken school, Stevens Institute of Technology, reports eight mumps cases
The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) is investigating an outbreak of mumps in students at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. Proper immunization can prevent up to 95 percent of mumps cases. More...
Ohio mumps outbreak spreads to Columbus State Community College
The mumps outbreak in Central Ohio continues to rise and spread. Columbus Public Health (CPH) is now reporting at least two mumps cases in students at Columbus State Community College , according to CPH spokesman, More...