How to Use mumps in a Sentence

mumps

noun
  • The fate of the measles-mumps-rubella shot, which does not contain aluminum, is also up in the air.
    — Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Merck also makes the measles-mumps-rubella-varicella shot.
    — Reuters, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • One is an adult who had at least one measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
  • None of the children had received the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In addition to the chickenpox and whooping cough vaccines, Jhonde got one dose of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine as a baby.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 1 Nov. 2025
  • No vaccine is 100% effective, but the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine comes close.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Those officials also urged anyone without a vaccination to get immunized with two doses of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine.
    — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
  • The group will decide whether to change recommendations for hepatitis B, as well as the combination measles-mumps-rubella and chickenpox vaccine.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Residents who are unvaccinated against the measles are urged to get immunized with two doses of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
  • What to know about measles vaccine Mecklenburg County’s immunization clinics are offering walk-in measles-mumps-rubella vaccinations amid ongoing measles cases in the region.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 12 Jan. 2026
  • In the 2019-2020 school year, 6 in 10 of the counties and jurisdictions tracking measles-mumps-rubella vaccinations met that threshold.
    — Jocelyn Shek, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Health experts say the measles vaccine, normally given as part of the combination measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, is safe and effective, and the increase in cases is due to lower vaccination rates.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • But new data published by the CDC last week shows that kindergartners in Wisconsin had one of the lowest rates of coverage with the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
  • For decades, Florida — like many other states — has required numerous vaccines for kids attending school, including shots that protect against measles-mumps-rubella, polio, chickenpox and Hepatitis B.
    — Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine is extraordinarily effective, according to the CDC.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
  • But coverage with the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine has been declining in the US and Canada for years, with notable dips after the Covid-19 pandemic.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Health experts have underscored that the best protection against the disease is the vaccine, either given alone or as part of an MMR shot or a measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccine.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Health experts have emphasized that the best protection against the disease is the vaccine, which can be given by itself, as part of an MMR vaccine or as part of the measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) shot.
    — Finch Walker, USA Today, 13 May 2026
  • Health experts have underscored that the best protection against the disease is the vaccine, either given alone or as part of a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) shot or a measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccine.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Coverage with the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine is lower than the nationalaverage in South Carolina, and vaccination rates in Spartanburg County are among the lowest in the state.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The measles vaccine was licensed in 1963 and the combination measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine that is most commonly used first became widely available in the US in the 1970s.
    — Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Among the states collecting data for the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, 68% of counties and jurisdictions now have immunization rates below 95% — the level of herd immunity doctors say is needed to protect against an outbreak.
    — Jason Kane, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health urged residents to get the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine in order to protect themselves and others in their community.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Measles can be prevented with the measles-containing vaccine, which is primarily administered as the combination measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) or measles-mumps-varicella-rubella (MMVR) vaccine.
    — Doris Alvarez Cea, Florida Times-Union, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The last time there were more than 2,000 cases reported in one year was in 1992, just a couple years after health leaders updated recommendations to say that children should get two doses of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine instead of just one.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
  • That risk is the reason that in June 2009, ACIP recommended that doctors give the measles-mumps-rubella, or MMR, vaccine and the varicella vaccine separately for the first dose in kids ages 1 to 4.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
  • In 2024-25, a dozen of California’s 58 counties reported overall immunization rates below 90%, and 15 counties reported measles-mumps-rubella vaccination rates below 95%.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 13 May 2026
  • The decision by the agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) comes after the panel moved on Thursday to restrict access to a measles-mumps-rubella vaccine known as MMRV.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025

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