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Cities and states fighting a historic measles outbreak find themselves undermined by the Trump administration as they struggle to provide crucial vaccinations and overcome disinformation. As of this week, cases were nearing 650 in 22 states, on track to reach a 34-year high.

Three doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccination induce long-lasting antibody and memory B-cell responses, according to a study of 113 health care workers in Catalonia who were followed for three years. The study, led by ISGlobal in collaboration with the Fundación Privada Daniel Bravo Andreu (FPDBA) and published in Cell Reports, also shows that exposure to the virus prior to vaccination differentially imprints the immune systems without compromising the quality of the antibody response.

People who suffer from the autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis experience muscle weakness that can affect any of the muscles we use to blink, smile or even move our body around.

The U.S. now has more than double the number of measles cases it saw in all of 2024, with Texas reporting another large jump in cases and hospitalizations on Friday.