Month: February 2025

The unvaccinated school-age child is the first confirmed fatality in Texas’s worst measles outbreak in three decades. View original article Contributor: Fenit Nirappil, Lena H. Sun

The Republican-controlled statehouse sent the bill to the desk of Gov. Spencer Cox (R) last week after it passed both chambers largely along party lines. View original article Contributor: Anumita Kaur

A rapid experimental genetic test can help guide the hands of surgeons as they delicately remove tumors from patients with brain cancer, new research suggests. The test can measure the … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

At least 124 cases of measles have been identified in Texas since late January, mostly among children and teenagers who are either unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown, officials say. View original article Contributor: Michael Levenson

Feb. 25 (UPI) — The first measles death in the United States in a decade was announced Wednesday in Texas as an outbreak in that state’s panhandle spread to New … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

Blood flow problems within the lungs could be driving long COVID in some children, according to scans using an advanced form of MRI. Children and teens with long COVID appear … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

The terminations, which hit agencies involved in protecting the nation’s food supply and agricultural products, could have long-lasting consequences, experts said. View original article Contributor: Emily Anthes and Apoorva Mandavilli