CDC published ACIP recommendations on use of a third dose of MMR during a mumps outbreak

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On Jan. 12, 2018, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Immunization Practices Advisory Committee Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) reviewed the available evidence and determined that a third dose of measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine was safe and effective at preventing mumps.

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Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Credit: Image: Microscopy of rubella virus, (aka german measles) courtesy Wikipedia.