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Federal advisory group recommends catch-up vaccination program for mumps
Author: Health News22.08.2007
"Ideally you should get the vaccine 10 days or more before you return"
(CP) - All Canadian children, teens and adults up to about age 40 should have two doses of mumps vaccine, a national committee of experts said Tuesday, stressing in particular university students, health-care workers and members of the Armed Forces.
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization statement comes as at least two provinces - Nova Scotia and New Brunswick - roll out vaccination programs aimed at shoring up the immunity of students in a bid to stamp out a lingering mumps outbreak. Read more