Tara Haelle

1 week ago | scientificamerican.com | Tara Haelle

When Carli Leon heard the news of a child who died in February during the current measles outbreak in West Texas—the first child to die of measles in the U.S. since 2003—her initial reaction was “That could have been my kid.”Leon, a 42-year-old mother of two in Cleveland, Ohio, had always intended to vaccinate her children. But then, while pregnant with her first child in 2012, a family she nannied for suggested she read a book that claimed to describe the dangers of vaccines.

1 week ago | espanol.medscape.com | Tara Haelle

close ¿Está seguro que quiere cerrar su sesión? Dos estudios recientes se han sumado al creciente número de investigaciones que sugieren que consumir más lácteos reduce el riesgo de presentar cáncer colorrectal.

1 week ago | medscape.com | Tara Haelle

DENVER — Neuropsychiatric lupus is “arguably the least understood manifestation” of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in children, with patients facing substantial barriers and experiencing highly variable clinical practices in the absence of consensus guidelines, according to research presented at CARRA 2025: Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Annual Scientific Meeting.

1 week ago | medscape.com | Tara Haelle

TOPLINE:Pediatric patients receiving a combination of rituximab and cyclophosphamide therapy for rheumatic disease showed clinical improvement with a low risk for adverse effects. METHODOLOGY:While current clinical practice guidelines recommend the use of either rituximab or cyclophosphamide for the treatment of severe manifestations of systemic vasculitis or connective tissue disease, few studies have examined the safety and efficacy of combination therapy with the two.

3 weeks ago | nationalgeographic.com | Tara Haelle

As the measles outbreak that began in West Texas continues to escalate—with the number of U.S. cases this year now surpassing all those recorded in 2024—so does misinformation about how the disease spreads and how to prevent it. Despite claims from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.