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Mumps Outbreak from the East Coast may be Spreading to Los Angeles

Posted by Rose Schwartz on May 17, 2010 in News | 0 comments

Way to bring back rare childhood diseases, Jenny McCarthy. Mumps is now making a comeback. A mumps outbreak on the East Coast — the largest in the United States in four years — may be spreading to Los Angeles County. … Four of the mumps cases may be related to an outbreak, largely among Orthodox Jews, that has persisted in New York and New Jersey for almost a year. According to the New York State Department of Health, there have been more than 2,800 confirmed and probable mumps cases...