Latest Mumps outbreaks in the 2000s Stories

State and federal health officials said on Thursday that an outbreak of mumps, which started in a summer camp last June, has sickened over 1,500 people in New York and New Jersey. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a weekly report that the outbreak is the biggest the U.S. has seen since 2006, when over 6,000 people became ill.According to Reuters, school-age children in Orthodox Jewish communities in New York have largely suffered.  Officials say the group had high...

At least 116 people infected in mumps outbreak in western Canada OTTAWA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- At least 116 people have been confirmed of being infected and another 74 suspected cases under investigation following a mumps outbreak in western Canada's British Columbia province, health officials said Tuesday. The outbreak began in a religious community in the Fraser Valley when two people from neighboring Alberta province carried the mumps there. Due to their religious belief, many residents...