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Measles spreads in the Americas

Measles spreads in the Americas, and could continuous glucose monitors be overestimating blood sugar levels in healthy adults?

The Americas are in danger of losing their measles elimination status as the disease spreads due to under vaccination. Also on the show, a study finds that continuous glucose monitors may be overestimating blood sugar levels in healthy adults. And it鈥檚 been ten years since Brazil experienced and epidemic of microcephaly due to the Zika virus. What have we learned in that time?

Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer: Margaret Sessa-Hawkins

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