Photo: #This boy's face is very swollen under the jaw and in the cheeks due to mumps.
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This boy's face is very swollen under the jaw and in the cheeks due to mumps. (Photo courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

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Department of Health closely watching mumps outbreak


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Minnesota Department of Health officials are tracking several suspected cases of the mumps. Eight people are being watched closely after they flew in the same airplane as someone who had the disease. Officials are awaiting test results from 17 others who may have contracted the disease. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Dave Schultz, a spokesman with the Department of Health.

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