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'Not a Substitute Nor an Equivalent for MMR Vaccination': What We Heard This Week

(MedPage Today) -- "Vitamin A is absolutely not a substitute nor an equivalent for MMR [measles, mumps, and rubella] vaccination.

Myasthenia Gravis Exacerbations

(MedPage Today) -- Generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) affects most patients through a handful of well-characterized neuromuscular junction autoantibodies, but a wide range of differences among patie

CDC Firings Fray Lifelines to Local Health Departments

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CDC Plans Large Study on Autism and Vaccines, Report Says

(MedPage Today) -- The CDC is planning a large study looking into potential connections between vaccines and autism, two sources told Reuters, despite significant research showing vaccines and autism

How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks

Organizations funded by the United States helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and Americans may pay the price.

As Measles Continues to Spread in Texas, Cases Jump in New Mexico

The outbreak has sickened nearly 200 people in Gaines County, Texas. A neighboring county in New Mexico has seen 21 new cases since Tuesday.

Mind over body: the trouble with treating chronic conditions | Letters

Readers respond to an extract from Dr Suzanne O’Sullivan’s book on the pathologising of mental health problems and behavioural disordersWhile I agree with viewing health holistically and treating

Jim Mackey should note that hospital systems are best led by doctors | Letters

Amanda Goodall says the next boss of NHS England should give more decision-making powers and responsibility to outstanding doctors and cliniciansRe your report (Next boss of NHS England prepares purge

New Mexico reports 30 measles cases a day after second US death in decade

All cases were in Lea county, near the county in Texas where more than 100 cases and one death have been recordedThe New Mexico health department reported 30 measles cases in the state on Friday, an i

View from the couch: therapists on sessions in new Trump era

Some mental health professionals are incorporating political views into the healing process: ‘I want to let them know it’s really safe’In his conversations with trans clients, Will Williams, a t

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