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And now, Preston and Steve's news updates with Kathy Romano.

It is Friday, March 22nd.

Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning in the news this morning.

A suspected case of mumps at Abington Senior High School in Montgomery County prompted the principal to send a letter home to parents on Thursday. The letter states the Montgomery County Office of Public Health is currently investigating a student at the Abington Senior High School with a suspected case of mumps. It says a child showing symptoms should be excluded from group settings for at least five days. The principal asks parents to confirm their child is age appropriately vaccinated.

Mural, I'm sorry, mumps is viral, not murals.

Not really sure where that came from.

Sometimes if you get the mumps, you have this overwhelming desire to paint murals.

So if you are like rage painting right now.

Rage painting on the side of a building, take stock of yourself.

You have the mumps.

I think it was like mumps and viral.

There was is in the middle and I just confined everything.

I don't know.

Mural.

Mumps is viral.

My son is painting a huge mural outside.

I'm concerned.

Bring him in. Hurry. Mumps is viral is what I meant concerned. Bring him in. Hurry.

Mums is viral, is what I meant to say, with symptoms including fever, swelling, and tenderness, and salivary glands.

It's transmitted through saliva or mucus, and someone can be contagious before even showing symptoms.

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