Vancouver Coastal Health says 41 people in the region (including Squamish, Whistler, and North Vancouver) have mumps, up from the 11 reported cases in Whistler earlier this month. The mumps vaccine is usually given as MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) and is available for free at most pharmacists, family doctors and walk-in clinics. However, Vancouver Coastal Health says that not everyone infected with mumps will necessarily have this kind of swelling. "The average age of patients in this mumps outbreak is 33," she said in a statement. Vancouver Coastal Health's Dr. Althea Hayden says this outbreak is probably because those infected fall into an age category that likely only had one dose of mumps vaccine instead of two, leaving them unprotected.

Source: CBC News June 03, 2016 21:33 UTC