2/11/04 “Mumps Hits Universities”, scream the headlines as universities set up mass vaccination programmes advising students to have the MMR jab as an epidemic of mumps threatens to sweep through campuses across the country. Figures from the Health Protection Agency (in the U.K.) show an increase in mumps from about 1,500 for all age groups … Continue reading Mumps – Do We Need To Worry? By Dr. Jayne Donegan