Updated 11/13/2009 05:18 PM
Mumps Outbreak Hits The City
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The largest outbreak of mumps in the United States in three years is hitting our area.
Health officials say about 180 cases were found in New York and New Jersey from August through the end of last month.
The Centers for Disease Control says the outbreak was first reported at a boys’ camp in Sullivan County, and may have been triggered by an 11-year-old boy from England. The disease then spread to Borough Park once the school year began.
Three people have been hospitalized in the city, but no deaths have been reported.
About 4,000 people have contracted the disease in the United Kingdom.
Symptoms of mumps include fever, headache and swollen salivary glands. The disease spreads by coughing and sneezing, and can lead to other health issues like deafness and meningitis.