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Merck also makes the measles-mumps-rubella-varicella shot.—Reuters, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025 Most states require kindergartners get vaccines for pertussis – that’s whooping cough – and tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox.—David Higgins, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025 Harder to get combo MMRV vaccine Separately, the CDC advisory committee also voted that the combined measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV) vaccine would no longer be recommended before age 4.—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025 But the changes withdraw some government coverage for the combination shot that protects against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox and that some parents prefer.—Pien Huang, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rubella
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New Latin, from Latin, feminine of rubellus reddish, from ruber red — more at red
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