Mumps outbreak reported in Illinois, 23 cases identified

Illinois health officials have identified 23 cases of mumps in a local outbreak in Champaign-Urbana, primarily in university students. Local media reports that a Champaign-Urbana Public Health District official said most of the patients had been vaccinated, so the illness hasn't been severe. However, health officials say the outbreak could grow. Mumps is a contagious, vaccine-preventable, acute ["]