So Far In 2017, Oregon Has More Mumps Cases Than Past 5 Years Combined

Oregon Public Broadcasting | By Amanda Peacher

Published June 14, 2017 at 2:20 PM PDT

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<p>A pediatrician holds a dose of the measles-mumps-rubella, or MMR, vaccine.</p> — A pediatrician holds a dose of the measles-mumps-rubella, or MMR, vaccine.

Thirty-eight people contracted mumps in Oregon between January and April this year. That’s more than the combined total of 34 mumps cases in the five years prior.

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Amanda Peacher

Amanda Peacher is an Arthur F. Burns fellow reporting and producing in Berlin in 2013. Amanda is from Portland, Oregon, where she works as the public insight journalist for Oregon Public Broadcasting. She produces radio and online stories, data visualizations, multimedia projects, and facilitates community engagement opportunities for OPB's newsroom.

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