Mumps Is On the Rise. A Waning Vaccine Response May Be Why.

The New York Times featured new research on the resurgence of mumps by CCDD’s Joseph Lewnard and Yonatan Grad. “We’ve seen the outbreaks of mumps in vaccinated populations,” said the lead author, Joseph A. Lewnard, a research associate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, “in contrast to measles, where it’s only been in unvaccinated pockets.” Read the New York Times article here.