Article: Mumps vaccine shortage adds to risk.(Health)

Thousands of North children will be at risk from mumps for up to two years, because of a shortage of single vaccines.

Around 2,500 children have started a programme of individual vaccinations with private health company Direct Health 2000 - because of safety fears about the triple MMR jab - but 1,800 are still waiting for mumps jabs.

Parents waiting anxiously for news of the jabs say ...

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