{
  "id": 15375356,
  "title": "Continuing mumps outbreak in Keralam leads to renewed demand for MMR vaccine",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/continuing-mumps-outbreak-in-keralam-leads-to-renewed-demand-for-mmr-15375356",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-18T06:34:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
    "slug": "the-hindu-sci-tech",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/continuing-mumps-outbreak-in-keralam-leads-to-renewed-demand-for-mmr-vaccine/article71596582.ece"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The demand has gained strength following studies from Keralam documenting immunity gaps among children, complications that can cause long-term disability, and genetic differences between the circulating mumps virus and the strain used in the vaccine, indicating how the continued exclusion of MMR vaccine from Universal Immunisation Programme represents an important gap in disease prevention",
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        "title": "Continuing mumps outbreak in Keralam leads to renewed demand for MMR vaccine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/continuing-mumps-outbreak-in-keralam-leads-to-renewed-demand-for-mmr",
        "published": "2026-10-18T06:34:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}