Mumps

  • Mumps Vaccine Coverage Should Be Improved, Study Finds
    Although immunity to mumps is high in the United States, mumps vaccine coverage must be maintained and improved to prevent future outbreaks, according to a new study. ...More
    August 24, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Combination MMRV Vaccine Linked to Seizure Risk
    The combination vaccine for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox (MMRV) is associated with double the risk of febrile seizures for 1- to 2-year-old children compared with same-day administration of the separate vaccine for MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) and the varicella ...More
    June 28, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Response to Vaccines Could Depend on Your Sex
    Biological differences between the sexes could be a significant predictor of responses to vaccines, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. They examined published data from numerous adult and child vaccine trials and found that sex ...More
    May 12, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Mumps Outbreak Continues in New York and New Jersey
    State and local health departments in New York and New Jersey, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), continue to investigate a mumps outbreak that began in New York in June 2009. The index case occurred in a boy aged 11 years who had ...More
    February 12, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Additional Evidence Refutes Vaccine-Autism Link
    As a pivotal paper linking childhood vaccinations to autism is discredited, a new study finds no evidence that the measles vaccine—given alone or as part of a combined measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine—increases the risk of autism in children. The study ...More
    February 10, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Childhood Vaccination Gaps Narrowing in U.S.
    About three-quarters of U.S. children received recommended vaccinations in 2008, up from about half in 2000, reports a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).“The goal of the study was to look at trends in vaccination disparities over the ...More
    January 6, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Common Cold Virus Came From Birds
    A virus that causes cold-like symptoms in humans originated in birds and may have crossed the species barrier around 200 years ago, according to an article published in the December issue of the Journal of General Virology. Scientists hope their findings will help us ...More
    November 20, 2008
    Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
  • New Report Finds Rising Risk of Infectious Diseases in U.S.
    WASHINGTON – The Trust for America's Health (TFAH) released a new report today, “Germs Go Global: Why Emerging Infectious Diseases Are a Threat to America,” which finds that at least 170,000 Americans die annually from newly emerging and re-emerging ...More
    October 30, 2008
    Posted in News
  • Most Vaccine-Allergic Children Can Still be Vaccinated Safely, Hopkins Experts Say
    With close monitoring and a few standard precautions, nearly all children with known or suspected vaccine allergies can be safely immunized, according to a team of vaccine safety experts led by the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. Writing in the September issue of ...More
    September 2, 2008
    Posted in News
  • Combo Shots Make Vaccines Less of a Pain in the Arm
    For children heading back to school this fall, the obligatory visit to the doctor’s office may leave them feeling less like a pincushion than in previous years. This is due in large part to the growing trend of combining vaccines and booster shots into one or two ...More
    July 14, 2008
    Posted in News
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