Mumps Symptoms . Most people infected with the mumps virus begin to feel ill about 16-18 days after exposure. There are ...

Mumps cases are on the rise in the U.S., and a growing number of schools and college campuses are reporting outbreaks. A recent U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report shows that ...

A nearly forgotten virus has made a comeback. Mumps sickened nearly 1,100 Americans this year, causing outbreaks among college students and professional hockey players.

Before the U.S. mumps vaccination program started in 1967, about 186,000 cases of mumps were reported each year. Since that time, at most a few thousand cases have been reported: a little more ...

Although most people recover from mumps without any problems, it can lead to deafness, infertility from inflammation of the testicles or ovaries, mastitis (breast inflammation), encephalitis ...

Mumps can lead to encephalitis, meningitis, painful swelling of the testicles or ovaries, deafness, and (very rarely) death. Before a vaccine was available, mumps was common in babies, children ...

As of Jan. 26, more than 300 cases of mumps have been reported in Washington State, the latest outbreak of a preventable disease. According to the Washington State Department of Health, King ...

Occasionally, mumps can cause encephalitis, which in rare cases can lead to death, says the CDC. There’s a safe way to prevent complications, Schaffner says: the MMR vaccine.

Serious complications of mumps are rare, but can include encephalitis (inflammation of the brain), deafness, and infertility. Before the mumps vaccine was introduced in the U.S. in 1967, there ...

Measles and mumps outbreaks in the U.S. are at an all-time high. NPR's Scott Simon talks with professor of preventive medicine William Schaffner about how the viruses are spreading and why.

State health officials are urging Ohioans to ensure they're vaccinated, with more than 8,000 doses of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine administered by county health departments this year.