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MA: 2017 Mumps- cases at Harvard

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Source: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2...-with-mumps/nQreYiwOtQ98r5xjfXdsMK/story.html


Endicott College student diagnosed with mumps
By Felice J. Freyer Globe Staff April 25, 2017

A student at Endicott College in Beverly has been diagnosed with mumps, one of several cases affecting colleges and universities.

The student?s roommate had been diagnosed with mumps while in Florida and returned to campus after he was no longer ill, said Endicott spokeswoman Erin Dougherty Hatch...
 
Source: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2...o-community/u23ijyno3vs0zLShotc2WM/story.html


Puzzling mumps outbreak strikes Latino community
By Felice J. Freyer Globe Staff June 02, 2017

State health officials are investigating a puzzling outbreak of mumps in Latino communities in Boston, Chelsea, and Revere, and have advised health care providers to be alert for additional cases.

The state Department of Public Health has recorded 12 mumps cases since the end of March.

Previously in Massachusetts, mumps has been found chiefly among vaccinated college students and others connected to colleges and universities. But the dozen new cases involve people aged 20 to 41 with no known links to higher education.

?What?s new here is that we?re seeing mumps in the community, not in the environment of colleges and university,? said Dr. Alfred DeMaria, the state epidemiologist...
 
Source: http://www.abc6.com/story/35741695/officials-2-mumps-cases-confirmed-at-harvard-university


Officials: 2 mumps cases confirmed at Harvard University
Posted: Jun 24, 2017 1:54 PM EDT
Updated: Jun 24, 2017 1:54 PM EDT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Health officials at Harvard University say two members of the school community have been diagnosed with mumps.

The Boston Globe reports (http://bit.ly/2t6tRh2 ) that Dr. Paul Barreira, director of Harvard University Health Services, said in an email to students and staff that the infections were confirmed Thursday. The cases coincide with several other mumps diagnoses in the Boston area over the past month...
 
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