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  • KS: 2017 Mumps- 60 cases to date

    Source: http://www.kansas.com/news/state/article121442132.html

    December 16, 2016 6:46 PM
    Mumps case reported in Johnson County
    By Stan Finger

    A case of mumps has been reported in Johnson County, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment.

    The case is associated with an ongoing outbreak of mumps at the University of Missouri in Columbia, officials said in a statement released Friday...

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    Source: http://fox4kc.com/2016/12/22/health-...n-kansas-city/

    Health department announces confirmed case of mumps in Kansas City
    Posted 3:27 pm, December 22, 2016, by Andrew Lynch, Updated at 03:29PM, December 22, 2016

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. ? A mumps outbreak that?s hit other parts of Missouri, including more than 200 cases in Columbia at the University of Missouri, has reached Kansas City. The Kansas City Health Department issued an advisory on Thursday afternoon that there?s been at least one confirmed case in the city, and is stressing prevention measures to reduce the spread...

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    • #3
      Source: http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2017/ja...other-cases-s/

      Mumps case confirmed in KU student; nine other cases suspected
      Wednesday January 27, 2016.
      By Sara Shepherd
      January 4, 2017

      Health officials have confirmed one case in a KU student and investigated nine other students with mumps-like symptoms since mid-December, though those illnesses were not confirmed by lab tests, according to the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department...

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      • #4
        Source: http://www.kake.com/story/34203375/h...umps-in-kansas

        Health officials confirm 8 cases of mumps in Kansas
        Posted: Jan 06, 2017 4:55 PM EST
        Updated: Jan 06, 2017 5:01 PM EST
        written by KAKE News
        TOPEKA, Kan. (KAKE) -

        Health officials are investigating eight cases of mumps associated with the University of Kansas in Lawrence.

        Onsets of illness range from early through late December, and several of these cases had been previously reported and were under investigation by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment and the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department...

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        • #5
          Source: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local...125682879.html

          January 10, 2017 2:48 PM
          Three cases of mumps confirmed in Johnson County
          By Matt Campbell

          Three adults living in Johnson County have been confirmed to have the mumps, the county Health and Environment Department announced Tuesday.

          That is in addition to eight other cases from December announced late last week that were associated with the University of Kansas in Lawrence...

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          • #6
            Source: http://www.kstatecollegian.com/2017/...vel-to-kansas/

            News Briefs: Mumps at K-State, sexual assault at KU, California bans tax dollar-funded travel to Kansas
            By Jason Tidd -
            Jan 26, 2017

            LAFENE HEALTH CENTER confirmed one student case of mumps at Kansas State Wednesday. Julie Gibbs, director of health promotion, said Lafene nurses diagnosed one student with mumps, which prompted an email from her department to students who may have been exposed to the student. No more information was available by 5 p.m...

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            • #7
              Source: http://www.morningsun.net/news/20170...d-in-pittsburg


              Mumps cases confirmed in Pittsburg
              Posted at 4:17 PM Updated at 4:17 PM
              By Patrick Richardson

              PITTSBURG ? Five cases of mumps have been identified in Pittsburg, and according to Crawford County Health Department Director Janis Goedeke, more are expected.

              According to a release from the health department the onsets of illness occurred in early February...

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              • #8
                Source: http://www.kwch.com/content/news/KDH...414435963.html

                KDHE: 17 cases of mumps reported in Kansas
                Posted: Tue 9:33 PM, Feb 21, 2017 |
                Updated: Tue 9:40 PM, Feb 21, 2017

                ...As of Tuesday night, the KDHE says there have been seven cases reported in Crawford County, four reported cases in Douglas County, three in Riley County and three in Thomas County.

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                • #9
                  Source: http://www.kwch.com/content/news/KDH...414541173.html

                  KDHE: Mumps cases may be related to wrestling meets
                  Posted: Wed 6:11 PM, Feb 22, 2017 |
                  Updated: Wed 7:15 PM, Feb 22, 2017

                  The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is alerting the public that the mumps may have been spread at recent wrestling meets.

                  KDHE says two individuals diagnosed with mumps were infected after attending meets in January and February. They say one may have been contagious while participating in a wrestling meet at Colby High School on February 4.

                  KDHE says the source has not been identified and additional students or adults may have spread the disease at other high school wrestling meets...

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                  • #10
                    Source: http://www.kstatecollegian.com/2017/...ithin-21-days/


                    Three cases of mumps confirmed at K-State within 21 days
                    By Kaitlyn Alanis -
                    Feb 22, 2017

                    In a K-State Today Special Alert sent to all Kansas State students at 4:03 p.m., K-State confirmed three student cases of mumps since January. All three students were diagnosed within 21 days of each other.

                    According to the release, the university is notifying those who may have been ?in close contact? with any of the three students. All three students live off campus...

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                    • #11
                      Source: http://ksn.com/2017/03/01/mumps-outb...finney-county/

                      Mumps outbreak reaches Finney County
                      By Santiago Kahn Published: March 1, 2017, 4:59 pm

                      FINNEY COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) ? A mumps outbreak has been spreading across the state, and an outbreak was declared in Finney County just in the past 24 hours...

                      ...One case popped up in Finney County on February 15. An investigation is underway to track the disease and look for potential carriers.

                      ?Initially we start getting all his close contacts,? said Gomez, ?or hers, just so that way we know who we need to be watching to make sure they don?t get sick.?

                      Now, with three known adult infections, the Kansas Department of Health & Environment is calling it an outbreak...

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                      • #12
                        Source: http://www.psucollegio.com/news/outb...f94f7febc.html


                        Outbreak of Mumps in Crawford Co.
                        Brianna Price copy editor 4 hrs ago 0

                        As of March 1, there have been 13 cases of mumps identified in Crawford County.

                        Kathleen Sandness, physician and medical director of the Bryant Student Health Center, described the mumps as being a viral infection ?much like colds? in which the cheek becomes swollen. Those affected by mumps have the potential to show many symptoms, while others may show none at all...

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                        • #13
                          Source: http://www.kwch.com/content/news/56-...415794683.html

                          56 mumps cases reported in 12 Kansas counties
                          Posted: Thu 1:06 PM, Mar 09, 2017

                          TOPEKA, Kan. (KWCH) The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reports there are now 56 cases of the mumps in Kansas.

                          Cases have been reported in Atchison, Barton, Crawford, Douglas, Ellis, Finney, Franklin, Johnson, Marshall, Riley, Rooks and Thomas counties...

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                          • #14
                            Source: http://www.kwch.com/content/news/60-...416162813.html


                            60 cases of mumps reported across KS
                            Posted: Tue 4:05 PM, Mar 14, 2017

                            Sixty cases of mumps are reported across 16 Kansas counties, up from 46 cases reported last week...

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                            • #15
                              Source: http://www.marysvilleonline.net/news...c3389d848.html

                              Mumps cases increase to 7 in county
                              Posted: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 11:45 am
                              Sarah Kessinger

                              The number of mumps cases confirmed in Marshall County was at seven early this week, according to the Marshall County Health Department.

                              Investigation of potential cases is ongoing. Last week the agency reported five cases, and Marysville schools sent home an advisory letter to parents to watch for symptoms and to isolate potential cases...

                              ...Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued a March 9 letter to the Kansas USA Wrestling organization, which is a community of youth wrestling events, to notify them that mumps transmission has been documented at several wrestling tournaments in Kansas.

                              KDHE ?has not identified all of the sources of these mumps infections,? the letter says. ?This means that additional, yet-to-be-identified kids or adults may still spread the disease at other wrestling events.?...

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