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Science & Technology

What to Know about Measles as the Outbreak in Texas Ends and the School Year Begins

On Monday Texas health officials said the state’s massive measles outbreak, which killed two unvaccinated children, had come to an end. It’s the close of the largest single measles outbreak that the U.S. has seen since 2000, when health agencies declared the disease eliminated in the country. In recent years vaccination rates have wavered, and...

Health

The Vera Rubin Observatory is ready to revolutionize astronomy

At 3 a.m. on a crisp May night in Chile, all seemed well with the world’s largest digital camera. Until it didn’t. Inside the newly built Vera C. Rubin Observatory, site project scientist Sandrine Thomas was running tests when a flat line representing the camera’s temperature started to spike. “That looks bad,” she thought. She...

Science

A safe painkiller? New research raises concerns about Tylenol’s safety in pregnancy

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found that prenatal exposure to acetaminophen may increase the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), in children. The study, published on August 14 in BMC Environmental Health, is the first to apply the rigorous Navigation Guide methodology to systematically...