Let’s hope this is the last of it.

Jackie Vega reports for KXAN:

Second University of Texas student diagnosed with mumps

AUSTIN (KXAN) — As the state health department continues to investigate a mumps case at the University of Texas — believed to be the first on campus — comes news about another infected student. The University Health Services medical director says the university received confirmation on Monday of a second student infection.

Dr. David Vander Straten says the second student is believed to have been the potential source of last week’s on-campus diagnosis — where an undergraduate student in the College of Communications was diagnosed with the contagious viral infection. The second student is in the College of Natural Sciences and sought treatment at an off-campus facility in early April, and officials say they are no longer contagious.

“The university will work closely with the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department to notify close contacts of the second student,” said Straten. “This includes students enrolled in classes with the student, as well as the instructors.”

The mumps virus spreads through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. The virus can also be spread when someone with mumps touches items or surfaces without washing their hands and someone else touches the same surface and rubs their mouth or nose.