Latest Flash News (MARCH-2014):
A mumps outbreak at The Ohio State University has grown to 28 cases.
Mumps is a contagious disease that causes painful swelling of the salivary glands. The number of cases reported annually in the United States has dropped 98 percent since the mumps vaccine was introduced in the 1960s, according to CDC. In 2006, a multi-state outbreak led to nearly 6,600 cases with more than 80 percent of the people saying they were attending college.
TAKEAWAY: Vaccinate or Live in a bubble without social contact.