Arkansas mumps outbreak tops 500, 87 percent of children vaccinated

The mumps outbreak in northwest Arkansas has topped 500 cases in Benton, Washington, and Madison counties. The case tally is at 520 as of Thursday, according to Dirk Haselow, MD, PhD, State Epidemiologist and Outbreak Response Medical Director for the Arkansas Department of Health. In a emailed statement from Dr Haselow to Outbreak News Today, of the 520 cases reported, 244 ["]