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PRO/EDR> Mumps – USA (03): (IL) university students

Mumps -- Worldwide/UnknownIllinois health officials have identified 23 cases of mumps in a local outbreak in Champaign-Urbana, primarily in university students. Local media reports that a Champaign-Urbana Public Health District official said most of the patients had been vaccinated, so the illness hasn't been severe. However, health officials say the outbreak could grow.Mumps is a contagious, vaccine-preventable, acute viral illness that is spread through droplets of saliva or through mucus of an Read more [...]