Mumps On Ice as Disease Spreads in National Hockey League
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Mumps, the once-common childhood illness, has spread to professional hockey in a particularly active year for the virus in the U.S.
Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby, the National Hockey League’s reigning most valuable player, tested positive for the disease on Dec. 13, the team physician said in a press conference last week. He joins at least 13 players with the Anaheim Ducks, New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers, Minnesota Wild and Penguins have who have been infected.