https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/21/healt...udy/index.html
Science changes when new evidence emerges.The MMR vaccine, given in two doses to children, protects against the measles, mumps and rubella. Yet the United States and Europe have seen more than a few outbreaks of mumps, a contagious viral disease, in the past couple of years.
This resurgence may be due to waning protection bestowed by the mumps portion of the vaccine, according to a new study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine. A simple booster shot at age 18 could thwart future outbreaks, the Harvard researchers believe.
These outbreaks are troubling for two reasons, Lewnard and Grad wrote.
First, up to 10% of mumps infections in teenagers or adults may cause severe complications, including deafness, meningitis and involvement of the testes or ovaries. Children who get sick with the mumps typically do not experience such severe symptoms.
Second, most recent mumps outbreaks have occurred among people who had received the recommended two vaccine doses.
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