Mumps

Parents vaccinated against COVID-19 were almost twice as likely to vaccinate their child against measles, mumps and rubella compared with unvaccinated parents, according to a study published in American Journal of Public Health.

WASHINGTON — Children taking dupilumab for atopic diseases received measles, mumps and rubella and varicella immunizations later than other children, according to a poster presented here.

Routine vaccination rates among kindergartners in the United States remained lower than pre-pandemic levels last school year as vaccine exemptions increased to an all-time high, according to data published Thursday by the CDC.

A study found that, from 2007 through 2019, one-third of reported mumps cases in the United States occurred among children and adolescents, most of whom were vaccinated.

Many individuals with cancer lack adequate immune defense against the measles and mumps viruses, according to a study conducted by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and published in JAMA Network Open.

A 10-year-old girl is brought to your clinic by her mother, complaining of left-sided facial swelling with mild-to-moderate pain.

The national vaccine exemption rate among children entering kindergarten in the 2019-2020 school year was 2.5% from at least one vaccine, the same rate as the previous year, new data published in MMWR showed.

Experts have warned that migrant children detained at the southern U.S. border are at risk for numerous illnesses, including some infectious diseases. The revelation last week of a government policy not to vaccinate migrant children and their families against influenza raised concerns among medical experts and drew renewed attention to the reported influenza-related deaths of at least three children in U.S. custody.