How to Use mumps in a Sentence

mumps

noun

• The doses of the vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella dropped by 50%.
  — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 16 June 2020
• The mumps cases were both in one pod, and the chickenpox in a second.
  — Justin Wingerter, The Denver Post, 14 June 2019
• The best way to prevent mumps is to get a MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine.
  — Anna Beahm, AL.com, 29 Dec. 2017
• The method has worked in the past, quelling outbreaks of measles, mumps, polio and influenza.
  — Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2020
• In all of 2018, there were just two confirmed mumps cases in Arizona.
  — Stephanie Innes, azcentral, 9 Mar. 2018
• That's the age when the first dose of the measles-mumps-rubella, or MMR, vaccine is usually given.
  — Andy Marso, kansascity, 11 May 2018
• Then a few years ago, there was a huge outbreak of the mumps at Ohio State University.
  — Jenni Balck As Told To Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 26 Aug. 2019
• It was used during the 1918 flu pandemic and against measles, polio and mumps.
  — Anna Kuchment, Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2020
• All detainees have been given a measles and mumps vaccine, ICE says.
  — Justin Wingerter, The Denver Post, 14 June 2019
• In between those two extremes are pathogens such as rubella and mumps.
  — Stephanie Armour, WSJ, 17 June 2022
• Of these, the most common are measles, mumps, rubella, polio, flu, smallpox and tetanus.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2021
• Vera Thomas-Platten was diagnosed with mumps, but she was spared the fever, aches, pains and puffy cheeks that the virus is best known for.
  — CBS News, 3 Apr. 2018
• Mumps can be prevented by the MMR vaccine, which guards against mumps, measles and rubella.
  — Sarah Gray, Time, 7 Mar. 2018
• Now, a new study reveals why: Protection from the mumps vaccine fades over time.
  — Roni Dengler, Science | AAAS, 21 Mar. 2018
• Among them is the MMR vaccine, a single jab and booster that protects against measles, mumps and rubella.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 7 July 2020
• Those who have received a dose of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine are unlikely to get the illness.
  — Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 24 May 2018
• In one such study, his team discovered that mumps, which like measles is caused by a paramyxovirus, had jumped to humans from bats.
  — Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, 28 Apr. 2020
• The vaccine protects against three diseases: measles, mumps, and rubella.
  — Madeline Farber, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2018
• Ann told her about the mumps, the infertility, the Birmingham clinic, the donor.
  — Caitlin Harrington, Wired, 30 July 2020
• In recent years, the NHL had trouble controlling even the mumps and staph infections.
  — Star Tribune, 2 Aug. 2020
• Florida has seen more than 50 reported cases of the mumps this year, a rise over prior years.
  — Lisa J. Huriash, Sun-Sentinel.com, 26 Dec. 2017
• By comparison, shots that protect against diseases like measles and mumps have been around for decades.
  — New York Times, 14 Apr. 2022
• Yet the United States and Europe have seen more than a few outbreaks of mumps, a contagious viral disease, in the past couple of years.
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 21 Mar. 2018
• Data on childhood vaccines, such as the one that protects against measles, mumps and rubella, provide hints.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Mar. 2021
• The effectiveness of the measles vaccine after two doses of the measles-mumps-rubella shot is 97 percent.
  — Lynne Terry, OregonLive.com, 11 Feb. 2018
• People with mumps should self-isolate themselves for five days after the onset of swelling glands, McLaughlin said.
  — Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News, 23 Sep. 2017
• Because efficacy can wane over time, there are frequent outbreaks of mumps in the U.S.
  — NBC News, 7 Mar. 2018
• The Lancet suggested a link between autism and the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, Dr. Rutter set out to disprove its finding.
  — New York Times, 7 Nov. 2021
• Since Afghans began arriving in late-August, there have been nine Covid cases, as well as a very small number of mumps, chicken pox, and norovirus cases, the sources said.
  — Oren Liebermann, CNN, 24 Sep. 2021
• Historically, there are reports of outbreaks of mumps traced back to vaccinated people.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 19 Feb. 2021

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024