What is Mumps? The salivary glands are located under the ears on the side of the face. Therefore, people who have mumps, the side of their face will look enlarged and swollen. Old people used to ...

Whatcom County health officials say someone has tested positive for mumps. It’s the first case in the county in seven years.

For the first time in seven years, a Whatcom County resident has a confirmed case of mumps. The case presents no risk to the ...

Hearing loss could also be a result of the disease. Mumps are reportedly easy to spread from person to person and can be ...

"Most vaccines are not 100% effective, so you can see vaccine failures, but having vaccine failures doesn't mean the vaccine isn't working," Walter Orenstein, MD, former director of the National ...

As measles surges in the U.S., Whatcom County Health and Community Services announced it had confirmed its first mumps case since 2018.

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 ...

One person in Whatcom County has mumps, in the first confirmed case in the county since 2018. Whatcom County Health and Community Services said there is no risk to the general public. The person ...

The person recently was on a cruise ship outside the U.S., where exposure to the virus may have occurred. The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine can help protect against the mumps virus.