Illegal aliens, maybe?
Of course...and if small pox makes it across that border there will be deaths.
They think it's coming from England, possibly brought over by college students.
I dunno. Things come and go. That's one childhood illness I escaped, then got them in my twenties in CA (the 60's), sicker than a dog. Then I gave them to my husband's friend, no we were not in intimate contact, and he was worried that they would "drop" and affect his ability to father any more children.
Since that time, I don't remember any cases of the mumps in the news, but I could have missed them. Don't they innoculate kids against them along with measles, etc.?
I don't like to blame illegal aliens; they are getting blamed for enough unless it turns out that they are bringing them in. In any case, I doubt we'll be told by the CDC if they do figure it out.
The vaccine is a live virus. It is now combined with rubella and varicella...it wasn't like this in the past.
Weakened immune systems could make you vulnerable.
"In the United States, the latest national surveillance data show a significant, but slowing, decline in the case rate of TB. In 2004, a total of 14,511 TB cases were reported in the U.S. The overall TB case rate - 4.9 per 100,000 persons - was the lowest rate ever recorded since reporting began in 1953.
However, the decline in the case rate from 2003 to 2004 was one of the smallest in more than a decade (3.3 percent compared with an average of 6.8 percent per year). And despite the nationwide downward trend, TB continues to exact a severe toll on many U.S. communities.
Seven states now bear more than half the total burden of TB disease in the U.S. California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, and Texas account for 59.9% of the national case total. The toll continues to be greatest among minority and foreign-born individuals, who consistently have higher rates of TB disease."