Mumps is a contagious viral infection that can lead to serious complications, including meningitis and orchitis. Despite the availability of effective vaccines, mumps outbreaks have been reported ...

“About half of males who contract mumps post-puberty will get inflammation of the testes, called ‘orchitis’ which can be incredibly painful,” says Prof Hunter. About half will get some ...

While this commonly occurs with older age, it may also be due to conditions like cryptorchidism, mumps orchitis, varicocele, and testicular torsion. Testicular atrophy can also occur during adulthood ...

The MMR vaccine is a powerful tool to prevent three highly contagious viral diseases: measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles). Thanks to the MMR vaccine, introduced in 1963, these serious ...

Parents at Paris District High School are being asked to check immunization records and watch for symptoms of mumps after a confirmed case of the rare virus. Students at the school on Jan. 6 and ...

Mumps is a disease you may have heard of in history books. We're hearing about it this week too. School leaders in the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public School District informed parents Sunday ...

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (WAVY) — Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools confirmed a student was diagnosed with a case of mumps. An email was sent to parents on Sunday. “We have been informed ...

Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools confirmed a student was diagnosed with a case of Mumps. An email was sent to parents on Sunday.

Before the introduction of the mumps vaccine in 1967 in the U.S., more than 90 percent of children and adolescents came down with the infection. Although that percentage plummeted in the 1970s, the ...

[3] By the mid 1980s, there were seven vaccines routinely given to children: DTP; measles, mumps, rubella (MMR); and polio (smallpox was discontinued in the early 1970s). DTP and MMR were given in ...