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Two vaccination clinics will be held at Temple University in Philadelphia in response to the ongoing mumps epidemic in the school, which now numbers at least 93 cases.
The city's public health service announced that MMR vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella would be available to all Temple students, faculty and staff March 27-29 from 9am to 4pm.
The city claims that the figures reported are high compared to those of previous years; 54 cases were reported in 2010.
Mumps is a viral infection that involves swollen glands. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides that the MMR vaccine is the best protection.
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The mumps vaccine has been a routine part of infants for decades, but research suggests that the protection fades 10 years or more after the second dose.
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