Currently, the CDC recommends children receive two doses of the MMR vaccine — on at 12 to 15 months of age and another at 4 to 6 years of age. While this seems to offer sufficient protection against the mumps among the general population, waning immunity is allowing for renascent outbreaks in crowded environments like college campuses. Research published in The New England Journal of Medicine in September suggested an additional dose of the MMR vaccine could result in a 78 percent lower risk of contracting the mumps.
The CDC tallied more than 6,000 cases of the mumps last year, the highest total in a decade.
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