• Business & Economy
  • Politics & Government
    • Campaign Countdown
      • 2012 Reports
  • Sports
  • High School Sports
    • Football Friday Night
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • All Topics

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

  • Home
  • Audio Archives
  • Contact Us
  • Reporters
  • Affiliates
  • Affiliate Support
  • PostsComments
You are here: Home / Health & Medicine / Mumps outbreak hits Eastern Iowa

Mumps outbreak hits Eastern Iowa

February 13, 2006 By admin

An outbreak of a childhood disease among Iowa adults has the state Department of Public Health looking for answers. Spokesman Kevin Teale says the numbers of mumps cases aren’t large, but the age is wrong.He says they’re occurring in people from mid-teens to young adults…and while there’s usually a case or two in the average year, we’d seen five already in the first month of this year.

Most of those cases were in eastern Iowa, and two of the cases were in students at the University of Iowa. He says the agency wants to track down why the cases are up — and since a lot of illnesses can cause swollen jaws and glands, some people might think it’s something else besides a case of the mumps. If you do have those symptoms, the department’s urging you to go to a doctor, and be tested for mumps.

Mumps is one of the illnesses that are a part of the routine schedule of vaccinations for young children, so most of us probably got two shots of vaccine for the disease. One thing the agency’s looking into is whether some people’s shots wore off, or if some got a dose of vaccine that wasn’t as strong as it should have been. That’s why the health department’s asking anyone with an illness that includes swollen glands to be checked by a doctor for mumps, so any other cases out there can be reported also.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Health & Medicine

Featured Stories

How do schools make up days missed for winter weather?

Democrat from Cedar Falls resigned from Iowa Senate today

DOT could end up with a record use of salt and sand on roadways

$100 fine proposed for highway drivers loitering on the left

Bill getting rid of weapon carry permits passes first legislative test

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

IHSAA to discuss ways to strengthen dual team tournament

Drake holds off Southern Illinois

Bohannon’s three pointer caps furious Iowa rally

Iowa State holds off Oklahoma

Iowa’s Wieskamp snares Big Ten honor

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2019 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC