Mumps is Back - Vaccinations on Campus January 29

Eighty percent of students/young adults are not fully protected from the mumps. A risk of contracting the mumps virus has been identified for university and college students in Ontario. Mumps is a very contagious disease that can cause serious complications in young adults. Catch it, and you'll have to spend nine days in isolation.

Four out of five aren't fully protected against mumps. Postsecondary students and young adults who have not had the mumps, or have not received two doses of a mumps-containing vaccine should receive the MMR vaccine to best protect against contracting the mumps virus.

Get your mumps catch-up vaccination on campus in the Agora on January 29 from 12:00 noon to 5:30 p.m. For more information, call the Thunder Bay District Health Unit at 625-5971, or visit www.ontario.ca/mumps