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Her Face Swelled Five Hours After a C-Section, and It Had Happened to Her Once Before

A woman's parotid glands swelled hours after a C-section under spinal anesthesia, the second time it had happened. Doctors call it anesthesia mumps.

Medical Daily

His Face Ballooned Two Hours After Brain Surgery, and the Diagnosis Has an Unfortunate Nickname

An 87-year-old man's salivary glands swelled two hours after shunt surgery. His neck gained five centimeters, then it all reversed within 48 hours.

Medical Daily

The Guardian view on Trump’s MMR executive order: endangering the children he claims to care about

Editorial: The president’s empty advice that children should receive separate jabs against measles, mumps and rubella will only lead to less take-up by parents

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Merck Puts a Decade Timeline on the MMR Split Order as Single Disease Shots Remain Unlicensed

Merck and GSK say separate measles, mumps, and rubella shots could take up to a decade to reach US pediatric offices. What families face now.

Medical Daily

What is the MMR vaccine and how does Trump’s executive order affect parents and children?

President’s order calls for several changes to childhood vaccinations – and experts say it’ll lead to confusion

The Guardian - US

Executive order on vaccines bypasses an evidence-based process that has kept kids safe

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 10, 2026, calling for the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to be given as three separate shots at three separate appointments. The combined MMR vaccine is currently given at 12 to 15 months of age and again between ages 4…

The Conversation

Trump Signs Order Narrowing Childhood Vaccine Recommendations and Splitting the MMR Shot

An executive order recommends 11 childhood vaccines and splitting MMR into three shots. A court block means clinical practice has not changed.

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Trump pushes rethink of school vaccine mandates and MMR shots

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday calling for a rethink of school vaccine mandates and the separation of the combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot into three vaccines, despite scientific evidence supporting its safety and amid the country's worst measles outbreak in decades.

France 24

Trump signs executive order with plan to reduce number of recommended childhood vaccines

MMR vaccine would be broken into separate shots under order, putting a financial and logistical strain on families

The Guardian - US

What is measles and how does it spread?

Dozens of suspected cases have been reported in north London amid an outbreak across several schools.

Evening Standard

My favourite family photo: ‘I was six, with mumps and diarrhoea – and having the time of my life’

When I went to Saudi Arabia in the 1980s to see my Dad it felt like visiting another planet. But beyond the scale and shininess of the country was the feeling of my family finally being together

The Guardian - UK

MMRV: what families need to know about the UK’s new chickenpox vaccine

The UK has added chickenpox to the routine childhood vaccination schedule for the first time, using a combined MMRV jab that also protects against measles, mumps and rubella. Here’s what parents need to know.

The Conversation

Chickenpox vaccine to be rolled out on NHS for first time

Youngsters across the UK will now be offered the vaccine along with the MMR jab, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella

Evening Standard

Ignore the sceptics: with this new vaccine, chickenpox could become a thing of the past

Thousands develop serious complications from the varicella virus. Today the NHS rolls out a new jab, alongside measles, mumps and rubella, says health secretary Wes Streeting

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UK children to get chickenpox vaccine with measles, mumps and rubella jab

NHS to administer combined immunisation in move in line with approach in US, Canada, Australia and Germany

The Independent UK

Acting CDC director wants to break up MMR vaccine into three shots – despite no science backing the idea

Jim O’Neill joins President Donald Trump’s call for three distinct measles, mumps and rubella shots, claiming a separation would ‘reduce the risk of side effects’ and ‘maximize parental choice’

Benzinga

Merck, Doctors Reject Proposal To Break Up Combined MMR Vaccine

A top U.S. health official's call to split the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine into separate shots sparked strong pushback from Merck Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) and medical experts, who said such a move lacks scientific justification and could undermine immunization efforts.

The Conversation

Chickenpox: why the UK has approved the MMRV vaccine in under-fours but the US is preparing to restrict it

Two countries, two different approaches to protecting children from chickenpox. While the UK prepares to introduce a combined vaccine covering measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox (MMRV) in a single jab, the US is moving in the opposite direction – restricting parents’ ability to choose that same combination for their youngest…

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CDC committee votes to change measles vaccine guidance for young children

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has recommended against using the MMRV vaccine in children under 4. This could eliminate a choice for kids' first dose of measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox prevention.

The Guardian - US

CDC panel recommends multiple shots for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox instead of single vaccine

Experts react with concern that increasing the number of vaccinations required will threaten children’s health

The Conversation

The MMR vaccine doesn’t contain ‘aborted fetus debris’, as RFK Jr has claimed. Here’s the science

Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the United States’ top public health official, recently claimed some religious groups avoid the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine because it contains “aborted fetus debris” and “DNA particles”.

The Independent UK

RFK Jr doubles down on wild false claim MMR vaccine contains ‘aborted fetus debris’

The MMR vaccine is the most effective way for people to protect themselves against measles, mumps, and rubella, asserts the CDC

The Times of India

TOI Health News Morning Briefing | Early signs of mumps to pay attention to, ICMR’s diet guidelines for all age groups, cancer myths to stop believing, how healthy is store bought yogurt, tips to control indoor allergies and more

Mumps cases rising in Delhi; early signs to know

The Hindu

On the resurgence of mumps in Kerala | Explained

Mumps outbreak in Kerala raises public health concerns, highlighting the need for MMR vaccine in Universal Immunisation Programme.

The Hindu

Public Health department issues advisory

Prevent common infections like mumps, chicken pox, and measles with precautions and treatment advised by the Directorate of Public Health.

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