New guidelines for prevention
Were you immunized against mumps as a child? Many people were. Yet, sadly, mumps is rebounding in the United States.
Experts consider the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to be 90 percent effective, and usually, two doses offer sufficient protection. However, in response to a growing mumps problem, public health authorities recently updated MMR vaccine guidelines.
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