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York Region warns students about rise in mumps cases
York Region is reporting a jump in the number of confirmed mumps cases over the past four months, prompting the region to issue a warning to high school and university students who may be at higher risk of catching the virus. Comment?
Mumps on the rise in parts of Ontario
... on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009 7:17AM EST Y ork region health officials are urging people to be on alert as the number of mumps cases rises in the area. There have been nine confirmed cases of mumps in the region north of Toronto since September 1st, ... Comment?
Health alert over mumps increase
TEENAGERS and young adults are being advised to ensure that they are fully protected against mumps. Comment?
Students suspended for outdated immunization records
... student immunization records every year. Children are typically immunized against diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps and rubella. In October, Dooling said Peel Health began sifting through student records. Those who either hadn't received ... Comment?
Court hears claim linking vaccines to autism
... is hearing three different theories on how vaccines might cause autism. One is that a combination vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, plus a mercury-containing preservative called thimerosal, can cause autism. The court heard those ... Comment?
Rise in mumps cases blamed on youngsters missing out on MMR jabs
By Lyndsay Moss CASES of mumps in Scotland have increased by almost 50 per cent in the past year, figures revealed yesterday. Comment?
... down by a special U.S. federal court in February, judges ruled that the MMR vaccine given to infants for measles, mumps and rubella does not cause autism. A petition filed with the court represented about 5,000 families who hoped to receive ... Comment?
Vaccines the tip of the compliance spear in 2009
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... to see the benefits. But vaccines have put many, many dreadful diseases into the history of American families. I got mumps as a kid, and "German" measles. My kids didn't thanks to vaccines. My parents grew up in deadly fear of polio. I didn't, ... Comment?
Vaccination alert as mumps cases soar
... you must be registered with the site. Sign In TEENAGERS and young adults are being urged to get vaccinated against mumps after more than 500 people in Sheffield reported falling ill with the disease this year. In the biggest outbreak the city has ... Comment?
Research and Markets: Global Vaccine Market Forecast to 2012
... Pneumococcal Vaccines Polio Vaccines Varicella Vaccines Meningitis Vaccines Rotavirus Vaccines DTP Vaccines Measles, Mumps & Rubella (MMR) Vaccines Tuberculosis Vaccines Major Adult/Travel & Therapeutic Vaccines Hepatitis B Vaccines Malaria Vaccines ... Comment?
Re Saturday's article, 'Mumps cases reach 152 in Monsey area as part of large U.S. outbreak': How shameful is it that a thoroughly preventable disease has been allowed to spread so virulently through the religious community and to the general population. Comment?
Dr. Richard Hoffman, Ask the Pharmacist,
... and older. * Varicella (Chickenpox) - Anyone who has never had chickenpox; two doses during your lifetime. * Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) - For adults who have not had these childhood diseases; one to two doses per lifetime. People born before 1957 ... Comment?
... how one of the most important factors in optimising male fertility is to make sure the testicles don't get too warm. Mumps is a tangential but potent cause. Mumps is more prevalent in humid places because the virus thrives in moist regions. And ... Comment?
We thought we had seen the back of them, but TB and scurvy are making a comeback
... not the only medical complaint that was once considered obsolete but has now re-emerged in recent years. Measles and mumps have also been making a comeback following the controversy over the MMR vaccine, which was at one stage associated with ... Comment?
... seen since the late 1940s and early 1960s, when scientists such as Jonas Salk discovered inoculations for polio, flu, mumps and measles. Excuse the self reference, but here's a story I wrote on the issue a few years back if the topic interests you. ... Comment?
Leeds parents turn to Great Ormond Street for help
... did not know why. Melody started showing symptoms of her illness a few days after having her joint MMR a ' measles, mumps and rubella a ' vaccination in July 2008 and her mother believes the two events may be linked , though doctors say there is no ... Comment?
Mumps Outbreak in New Jersey and New York
Earlier this fall a mumps outbreak was confirmed by the New York Department of Health. Comment?
Brooklyn, New York is suffering a large outbreak of mumps right now. There have been 600 cases either confirmed or suspected in the past few months . Comment?
Multistate mumps outbreak alert: New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
... community where the kids are basically segregated and attend yeshivas and not public schools. This is the largest mumps outbreak in the United States since 2006 where an outbreak of 6500 cases in Iowa occurred primarily in college dormitory ... Comment?
Mumps outbreak in Brooklyn linked to anti-vaccination crazies
... doesna TMt have a place to live. Lower rates mean more people can host the bug, and an outbreak can occur. Worse, the mumps vaccine (usually given together with a measles and rubella vaccination, the so-called MMR shot) has a somewhat lower ... Comment?