The virus that causes mumps spreads through close contact with an infected person. Children and unvaccinated people have a ...

Measles is not the only vaccine-preventable disease making headlines. Health officials in Maryland have issued an alert after confirming an uptick in mumps cases — 26 reported so far this year as of ...

Mumps is back. The viral respiratory infection has been detected in at least 34 people across 11 U.S. states, according to the most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. And at least ...

Maryland has reported six times as many mumps cases in early 2026 as it did all of last year, with most infections concentrated in the Baltimore metropolitan area, state health officials said Thursday ...