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Chickenpox: why the UK has approved the MMRV vaccine in under-fours but the US is preparing to restrict it

Two countries, two different approaches to protecting children from chickenpox. While the UK prepares to introduce a combined vaccine covering measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox (MMRV) in a single jab, the US is moving in the opposite direction – restricting parents’ ability to choose that same combination for their youngest…

The Conversation · Sep 29, 2025

CDC committee votes to change measles vaccine guidance for young children

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has recommended against using the MMRV vaccine in children under 4. This could eliminate a choice for kids' first dose of measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox prevention.

LiveScience · Sep 18, 2025

CDC panel recommends multiple shots for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox instead of single vaccine

Experts react with concern that increasing the number of vaccinations required will threaten children’s health

The Guardian - US · Sep 18, 2025

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The MMR vaccine doesn’t contain ‘aborted fetus debris’, as RFK Jr has claimed. Here’s the science

Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the United States’ top public health official, recently claimed some religious groups avoid the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine because it contains “aborted fetus debris” and “DNA particles”.

The Conversation · May 2, 2025

RFK Jr doubles down on wild false claim MMR vaccine contains ‘aborted fetus debris’

The MMR vaccine is the most effective way for people to protect themselves against measles, mumps, and rubella, asserts the CDC

The Independent UK · May 1, 2025

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Mumps cases rising in Delhi; early signs to know

The Times of India · May 11, 2024

On the resurgence of mumps in Kerala | Explained

Mumps outbreak in Kerala raises public health concerns, highlighting the need for MMR vaccine in Universal Immunisation Programme.

The Hindu · Mar 24, 2024

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Public Health department issues advisory

Prevent common infections like mumps, chicken pox, and measles with precautions and treatment advised by the Directorate of Public Health.

The Hindu · Mar 17, 2024

Who needs a measles jab? Young Londoners urged to get MMR vaccine as cases rise

The vaccine is safe and important in order to protect against measles, mumps and rubella amid a rise in case

Evening Standard · Mar 12, 2024

Parents are urged to book their child’s missed MMR vaccines, as records show 3.4 million children are unprotected amid a surge

The NHS has launched a Catch Up Campaign for missed measles, mumps and rubella vaccines

GoodToKnow · Jan 22, 2024

Alert against mumps in Alappuzha

The Health department has issued an alert against mumps in Alappuzha in the wake of a rise in the number of patients.

The Hindu · Jan 13, 2024

Mumps symptoms as illness can cause infertility in men, scientists warn

The viral infection mainly affects children resulting in painful symptoms. But the illness can also cause problems in later life well after the infection has cleared.

Daily Record · May 23, 2023

Thousands of children NI not fully vaccinated against Measles, Mumps and Rubella

Belfast has a “particularly low” level of uptake of jabs, Audit Office states

Belfast Live · May 4, 2023

What Greater Manchester's most unusual place names really mean

From the hilariously rude to the impossible to pronounce

Manchester Evening News · Mar 12, 2023

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Manchester Evening News · Feb 19, 2023

"Oldham Council love to waste money": Residents react after Mumps plans axed AGAIN

The site was set to become home to a Lidl and a hotel

Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2023

Do you know who to talk to about your child's routine vaccinations?

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), routine vaccinations for kindergarten in the U.S. fell to 93% during the 2021-2022 school year. That's the second year in a row routine vaccination rates decreased. The vaccines help prevent potentially fatal or severe illnesses, including diphtheria, measles, mumps, rubella,…

Manchester Evening News · Jan 26, 2023

'It was lauded as a game-changer for Oldham... but eight years later it's gone out with a whimper'

Oldham council has been trying to rejuvenate the Mumps site for the best part of ten years - opposition councillors have now slammed the town hall

Manchester Evening News · Jan 25, 2023

Housing development could be built at Oldham Mumps after retail park plans axed

A contract with Lidl to deliver a food store and a 68-bed hotel on the Prince’s Gate site has now been formally terminated

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Manchester Evening News · Jan 17, 2023

Town hall chiefs to pull plug on beleaguered Oldham Prince's Gate project after hotel plans fall through

A councillor complained it has taken longer to deliver the project than ‘it took to put mankind on the moon’

Los Angeles Times · Jan 6, 2023

Editorial: A dangerous dip in confidence in vaccines puts kids at risk from preventable disease

We live in an age of advanced scientific knowledge that produces vaccines that can ward off diseases such as measles, rubella, mumps and polio. We also live in an age when an increasing number of parents want the option of not vaccinating their children against these highly contagious and potentially…

Manchester Evening News · Nov 16, 2022

Frustrations rising as Oldham Mumps redevelopment taking 'longer than moon-landing'

The council has entered into a legal agreement for a Lidl and a hotel to be built at the 'Prince's Gate' site

Daily Record · Oct 12, 2022

Jurgen Klopp confused by Rangers rout as Liverpool boss struggles with scoreline and asks 'who else scored?'

Any mumps were replaced for his trademark beaming smile after the break as his side went goal crazy in the Champions League clash.

Daily Record · Sep 22, 2022

The 13 Victorian diseases that are making a comeback - including gout, scurvy and rickets

Diseases which many may assume are in the past are making a comeback, which is why it is important to be able to spot potential warning signs.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2022

Helen Hunt to star in satire at the Old Vic about ‘a highly contagious virus’

Jonathan Spector’s 2018 play Eureka Day, about the social disarray after an outbreak of mumps, will receive its European premiere in September

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