Is Mumps Coming Back — and Would You Know It if You Saw It?

Is Mumps Coming Back — and Would You Know It if You Saw It?

While measles is making headlines in the United States, with an ongoing South Carolina outbreak reaching almost 1,000 cases, public health experts are on the lookout for another vaccine-preventable infectious disease: mumps.e60dc2a1-f33c-4a05-9b50-8e3e8e5976294de93653-c070-4c22-89e9-893ae4d43506 By the end of February 2026, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had identified 34 mumps cases this year. That included 19 confirmed cases an…