And it doesn't mean the baby should be thrown out with the bath water. ... The mumps vaccine was first licensed in 1967, and then approved as the combination MMR vaccine in 1971.

Mumps. Mumps is a virus that can lead to deafness, meningitis, painful swelling of the testicles or ovaries, and death. Mumps is spread from person to person through airborne droplets. Rubella.

Vaccination helped reduce the nation’s mumps cases drastically from 152,209 cases in 1968 to 231 in 2003. Cases remained low for decades before increasing since 2006. The U.S. reported 6,584 ...

Vaccination helped reduce the nation’s mumps cases drastically from 152,209 cases in 1968 to 231 in 2003. Cases remained low for decades before increasing since 2006. The U.S. reported 6,584 ...