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 ...

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 ...

Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain. The majority of encephalitis cases result from either a viral infection or a person’s immune system mistakenly attacking their brain tissue ...

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.

When I was 13, I began to develop a strange constellation of symptoms, following a mild case of mumps: ... and it would have prevented me from contracting mumps and then developing encephalitis.