Mumps shots didn't fully protect in 2006
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_on_he_me/mumps_vaccine"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080409/capt.nyol95504092107.mumps_vaccine_nyol955.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=12siDaJnz7dMuDeFeArkpg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Drake University student Mandi McClue, left, gets a mumps immunization shot from Polk County Health nurse Lori Parsons, right, during a clinic at the university student health center, on April 26, 2006, in Des Moines, Iowa. Most of the college students who got the mumps in a big outbreak in 2006 had received the recommended two vaccine shots, according to a study that raises questions about whether a new vaccine or another booster shot is needed. The outbreak was the biggest in the U.S. since shortly before states began requiring a second shot for youngsters in 1990. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)" border="0" /></a>AP - Most of the college students who got the mumps in a big outbreak in 2006 had received the recommended two vaccine shots, according to a study that raises questions about whether a new vaccine or another booster shot is needed. The outbreak was the biggest in the U.S. since shortly before states began requiring a second shot for youngsters in 1990.</p><br clear="all"/>

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