As the outbreak continues, health officials are urging residents born in or after 1957 to confirm their vaccination history — two doses of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine are 88 percent effective at preventing mumps.
Hawaii health officials have been investigating clusters of mumps infections in the state since March.
The mumps are a highly communicable disease characterized by painful, swollen salivary glands. Mumps is passed by person-to-person contact and often accompanied by initial symptoms such as fever, headache, muscle aches, tiredness and loss of appetite.
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