All of the physicians at Mansfield Family Practice strongly endorse everyone receive the recommended schedule of vaccinations. It is in the interest of both public health and personal safety that everyone receive the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) Vaccination. Click on this link to read more about what everyone should know about the vaccination from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/mmr/public/index.html

Who Does Not Need MMR Vaccine?
You do not need measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine if you meet any of these criteria for evidence of immunity:

• You have written documentation of adequate vaccination:
  • at least one dose of a measles, mumps, and rubella virus-containing vaccine administered on or after the first birthday for preschool-age children and adults not at high risk for exposure and transmission
  • two doses of measles and mumps virus-containing vaccine for school-age children and adults at high risk for exposure and transmission, including college students, healthcare personnel, international travelers, and groups at increased risk during outbreaks
• You have laboratory confirmation of past infection or had blood tests that show you are immune to measles, mumps, and rubella.
• You were born before 1957.*

* Birth before 1957 provides only presumptive evidence for measles, mumps, and rubella. Before vaccines were available, nearly everyone was infected with measles, mumps, and rubella viruses during childhood. The majority of people born before 1957 are likely to have been infected naturally and therefore are presumed to be protected against measles, mumps, and rubella. Healthcare personnel born before 1957 without laboratory evidence of immunity or disease should consider getting two doses of MMR vaccine