US measles and pertussis outbreaks expose policy failures, not just vaccine hesitancy

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	US measles and pertussis outbreaks expose policy failures, not just vaccine hesitancy A recent commentary argues that US measles and pertussis outbreaks are not simply the result of vaccine hesitancy but reflect weakened immunization policies, permissive exemptions, and underfunded public health systems. The authors contend that policy environments determine whether pockets of low coverage escalate into large-scale, preventable outbreaks.

	Skin of color seminar improves medical students’ diagnosis skills A seminar improved medical students' ability to identify skin conditions in darker skin tones, addressing diagnostic gaps in diverse patient populations.

			He needs an expensive drug. A copay card helped — until it didn’t. Over the course of 2025, Jayant Mishra of Mission Viejo, California, progressively developed scaly, itchy red patches on his skin. Then came the pain and swelling in the joints of his hands, making it difficult to do his work at a bank.

			New approach to reducing radiation toxicity Radiation therapy is highly effective at killing cancer cells, but it often harms healthy skin around the treatment area, a common side effect experienced by up to 95% of cancer patients undergoing treatment. In worst-case scenarios, it can result in delayed or halted treatment.

	Democrats decry meager medical care for detainees in funding fight Fernando Viera Reyes needed a biopsy for possible prostate cancer when the Trump administration sent him to an immigration detention center in California's Mojave Desert.

	Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science Discover how Bruker is helping drive innovation in cosmetic science through advanced AFM techniques.

	Reducing RNA-seq costs in large-scale fruit maturation studies HudsonAlpha reduced RNA-seq costs by 30 % while sequencing hundreds of apple samples.

	Hospitals fighting measles confront a challenge: Few doctors have seen it before At around 2 a.m., 7-year-old twin brothers arrived at Mission Hospital in Asheville. Both had a fever, a cough, a rash, pink eye, and cold symptoms.

	Mizzou tackles rising alpha-gal syndrome cases with research and outreach The University of Missouri is on the front lines of helping patients with alpha-gal syndrome - a potentially life-threatening red-meat allergy caused by lone star tick bites.

	Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center delivers Louisiana’s first TIL therapy for melanoma Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center at The Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center in New Orleans announces a milestone in advanced cancer treatment, as the first institution in Louisiana to provide an adult patient with tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) therapy for advanced melanoma.

	No evidence connects tick bites to chronic health problems When researchers studied Norwegians who thought tick bites caused their chronic health problems, they found no objective evidence linking the symptoms to ticks.

	Early-life immune system differences drive childhood eczema risk A team of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Weill Cornell Medicine, and other institutions have uncovered a key biological explanation for why eczema so often starts in childhood.

	Sunscreen costs vary widely despite identical SPF protection UCSF researchers calculated the annual cost of using sunscreens and found huge variations, depending on product price and how much skin a person exposes to the sun.

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