Are Harvard students worried about the mumps outbreak?

The pair brought together data from six different research studies to draw their conclusions. In an interview Wednesday, Grad pointed to the 2016 mumps outbreak at Harvard—which affected more than 40 students—as an inspiration for the analysis. read more

The students weren’t worried about impropriety. They were worried about germs. Because this year, Harvard got the mumps, an old viral illness that crept back into campus life. Since February, the virus has sickened more than four dozen people at Harvard, mostly undergraduates, in what is thought to be the school’s first mumps outbreak since 1937. read more

None of my friends are seriously worried. Mostly we joke about it. It's become something of a running joke, among my friends at least, to cry "Mumps!" at the smallest sniffle or cough; though that joke is starting to wear thin. read more

That is Harvard University's message to its students after a mumps outbreak left 40 people sick over the past two months. The university first announced mumps cases in February, and infections have steadily increased despite efforts to isolate patients. read more