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Mumps Vaccination Clinics
Updated: Thursday, 11 Feb 2010, 8:25 PM EST
Published : Thursday, 11 Feb 2010, 8:25 PM EST
MYFOXNY.COM -- New York City health officials are urging parents to get their children vaccinated against the mumps as an outbreak of the disease spreads through Brooklyn's Jewish communities. The city has provided free vaccination clinics.
Health officials also report numerous cases in New Jersey, also related to the same outbreak, which began seven months ago at a camp in the Catskill Mountains.
* CDC INFORMATION
* NYC HEALTH DEPT. INFORMATIONNYC HEALTH DEPT. INFORMATION
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VACCINATION CLINICS
New York families that lack regular doctors can call 311 for information on where children can get vaccinated, officials said. People 10 or older who have no record of past vaccination can get the vaccine on February 17 and 18 at the locations listed below. Each site will have separate entrances for women and men and will have separate staff members to vaccinate them. The staff will be culturally sensitive and respectful.
WILLIAMSBURG
Wednesday, February 17, 2 p.m. ? 10 p.m.
The Marquis
575 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
BOROUGH PARK
Thursday, February 18, 2 p.m. ? 10 p.m.
Anshe Sfard Hall
4502 14th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11219
People over 10 can also receive free or at low-cost MMR vaccine at any of these health centers:
WILLIAMSBURG
Quality Health Center
432 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Call for times at 718-387-2408
ODA Health Center
14 Heyward Street,
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Call for times at 718-260-4600
BOROUGH PARK
Ezra Medical Center
1312 38th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11218
Call for times at 718-686-7600
Maimonides Medical Center Primary Care Site
1250 57th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219
Call for times at 718-283-5700
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INFORMATION FROM NYC HEALTH DEPARTMENT
What to Do if You Become Infected with Mumps
? Stay at home for five days after symptoms begin.
? Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.
? Wash your hands frequently with soap and water.
To Protect Yourself and Your Family from Mumps
? Mumps vaccine is given on or after a child's first birthday. It is combined with measles and rubella vaccines in a formulation known as MMR (measles-mumps-rubella).
? A second dose of MMR vaccine is recommended before children enter school at 4 to 6 years of age.
? Anyone who has received two doses of MMR vaccine is much less likely to develop mumps. But many adults do not remember their vaccination history and do not have records of it. Adults who are unsure of their vaccination history should get vaccinated.
Mumps Vaccination Clinics
Updated: Thursday, 11 Feb 2010, 8:25 PM EST
Published : Thursday, 11 Feb 2010, 8:25 PM EST
MYFOXNY.COM -- New York City health officials are urging parents to get their children vaccinated against the mumps as an outbreak of the disease spreads through Brooklyn's Jewish communities. The city has provided free vaccination clinics.
Health officials also report numerous cases in New Jersey, also related to the same outbreak, which began seven months ago at a camp in the Catskill Mountains.
* CDC INFORMATION
* NYC HEALTH DEPT. INFORMATIONNYC HEALTH DEPT. INFORMATION
----
VACCINATION CLINICS
New York families that lack regular doctors can call 311 for information on where children can get vaccinated, officials said. People 10 or older who have no record of past vaccination can get the vaccine on February 17 and 18 at the locations listed below. Each site will have separate entrances for women and men and will have separate staff members to vaccinate them. The staff will be culturally sensitive and respectful.
WILLIAMSBURG
Wednesday, February 17, 2 p.m. ? 10 p.m.
The Marquis
575 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
BOROUGH PARK
Thursday, February 18, 2 p.m. ? 10 p.m.
Anshe Sfard Hall
4502 14th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11219
People over 10 can also receive free or at low-cost MMR vaccine at any of these health centers:
WILLIAMSBURG
Quality Health Center
432 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Call for times at 718-387-2408
ODA Health Center
14 Heyward Street,
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Call for times at 718-260-4600
BOROUGH PARK
Ezra Medical Center
1312 38th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11218
Call for times at 718-686-7600
Maimonides Medical Center Primary Care Site
1250 57th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219
Call for times at 718-283-5700
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INFORMATION FROM NYC HEALTH DEPARTMENT
What to Do if You Become Infected with Mumps
? Stay at home for five days after symptoms begin.
? Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.
? Wash your hands frequently with soap and water.
To Protect Yourself and Your Family from Mumps
? Mumps vaccine is given on or after a child's first birthday. It is combined with measles and rubella vaccines in a formulation known as MMR (measles-mumps-rubella).
? A second dose of MMR vaccine is recommended before children enter school at 4 to 6 years of age.
? Anyone who has received two doses of MMR vaccine is much less likely to develop mumps. But many adults do not remember their vaccination history and do not have records of it. Adults who are unsure of their vaccination history should get vaccinated.