New outbreak in mumps cases reaches a 10-year high in U.S.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Health officials are coping with the worst outbreak of the mumps in a decade, and colleges, including the SUNY campuses at Geneseo and New Paltz have been hardest hit.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, there are more than 2,800 cases of the mumps in 45 states and Washington D.C.
Here in New York, the state health commissioner says there have been 147 confirmed or probable cases of the mumps this year, 6 of those at SUNY University at Buff