mumps

Mumps is a viral infection that can be contagious for over two weeks. The HSE has issued a warning to schools and colleges following a widespread outbreak of mumps. Last week alone there was 132 cases of mumps reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre with most of the cases reported in teenagers and young […]

6 years ago

There is a mumps outbreak in the west of the country, the HSE has confirmed. There has been an increase in the numbers of people between 15 and 29-years-old being diagnosed with the viral illness in the western region. 45 patients have been diagnosed with mumps over the past seven weeks. Mumps can cause fever, […]

7 years ago