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- Thousands of cheerleaders may have been exposed to mumps at a competition that took place in Texas.
- Mumps is a virus that makes the salivary glands swell up.
- It’s transmitted by the saliva or mucus of an infected person.
- There’s no treatment, but it usually clears up on its own.
- Mumps can be prevented by the MMR vaccine.
More than 20,000 Cheerleaders from 39 states and nine countries flocked to Dallas, Texas, last month for a competition. Now, health officials are warning that the attendees may have been exposed to mumps.
A person from another state who had mumps attended the National Cheerleaders Association All-Star National Championship from February 23 to 25, a Texas Department of State Health Services spokesman told the Dallas Morning News. The department later sent letters to everyone who participated in the competition, advising them to look out for symptoms of the disease.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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