A federal expert panel on Wednesday recommended a third dose of the mumps vaccine when an outbreak occurs. The move was in response to the rise in mumps outbreaks since 2006, especially among highly ...

The Springfield News-Sun digs into important public health stories, including first reporting on possible mumps cases in Clark County last week. Lower vaccinations rates likely have contributed to a ...

Ohio is dealing with a mumps outbreak, as 439 cases have been confirmed in the state this year alone. That is higher than the national number for all of last year, and is the largest outbreak in the ...

The U.S. is dealing with a big outbreak of the mumps. As of mid-November, there have been more than 2,900 cases. Arkansas had 1,900, and Iowa has nearly 700. A number of clusters are on college ...

Maryland has reported six times as many mumps cases in early 2026 as it did all of last year, with most infections concentrated in the Baltimore metropolitan area, state health officials said Thursday ...