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False belief in MMR vaccine-autism link endures as measles threat persists
A small child getting a Band-Aid on their arm from a doctor after receiving a vaccine.

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False belief in MMR vaccine-autism link endures as measles threat persists

As measles cases rise across the United States and vaccination rates for the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine continue to fall, a new survey finds that a quarter of U.S. adults do not know that claims that the MMR vaccine causes autism are false.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

Trust and equity in emergency departments
A medical professional talking with someone waiting in an emergency department waiting room.

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Trust and equity in emergency departments

Penn Medicine is working to improve the emergency department experience for all patients, including those with distrust of the medical system at large.

Frank Otto

How deadly parasites choose to be male
Transcription atlas of Cryptosporidium life cycle.

Penn Vet researchers developed the Cryptosporidium single-cell atlas, revealing which genes are expressed at which points across the parasite’s life cycle. On the left, the atlas shows parasites replicating asexually in green, with males in blue and females in pink. On the right, micrographs of the stages are shown, with their nuclei highlighted in green.

(Image: Boris Striepen)

How deadly parasites choose to be male

Penn Vet researchers reveal the gene expression across the life cycle of Cryptosporidium and identify the determinant of maleness.