The MMR vaccine is a powerful tool to prevent three highly contagious viral diseases: measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles). Thanks to the MMR vaccine, introduced in 1963, these serious ...

The other “M” stands for mumps, and the “R” stands for rubella. Children can also get an MMRV vaccine, which adds protection against varicella, better known as chickenpox. In the U.S., the ...

Measles is spread from person to person through airborne droplets and is very contagious. Mumps is a virus that can lead to deafness, meningitis, painful swelling of the testicles or ovaries, and ...

Mumps is an infectious viral disease often characterised by swelling of the parotid glands (saliva-producing glands) on either side of the face. Serious complications are rare in children, and ...

The MMR vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella is given to most American kids in two doses, yet you probably never heard about this controversy. I spoke with scientist Stephen Krahling ...

The Tamil Nadu Health Department has sounded a high alert as mumps cases surge among children in Coimbatore. The alert follows an outbreak at a matriculation school in Peelamedu, where 21 ...

He said the Department of Health and Human Services would send Texas 2,000 doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine through its immunization program. An unvaccinated child died from an ...