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Okay. Happy Monday, listeners. It may technically still be spring, but with Memorial Day firmly in the rearview mirror and June upon us, let's be real. It's spiritually summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and we hope you're enjoying it.

For Scientific American Science Quickly, I'm Rachel Feldman. Let's kick off the month with a quick roundup of some recent science news you may have missed. First, a measles update.

The good news is that the massive outbreak we've been following for the last few months in Texas

seems to be slowing down, though it certainly isn't over. While cases in the West Texas

centered outbreak appeared to be leveling off last week, there have been other concerning

incidents of recent measles exposure around the U.S. In mid-May, someone attended a secure

concert at MetLife Stadium while contagious. Also in mid-May, a traveler with measles flew through

the Denver airport. Meanwhile, Canada and Mexico are both dealing with measles outbreaks of their own.

A public health doctor told the CBC that Ontario is now reporting more measles cases every week than it previously saw in a decade.

Health officials told ABC News and other outlets that they think an increase in vaccination rates contributed to the slowdown of the Texas outbreak.

That leads me to a big caveat in the good news about measles case counts.

Last week, Texas lawmakers approved a bill that would make it easier for parents to get exemptions for standard vaccinations against illnesses such as measles,

polio, and whooping cough when enrolling their kids in school. There's already a legal process

in place that allows parents to skip vaccinating their children based on religious and personal

beliefs, which requires them to contact state officials to request a physical form by mail.

During the 2020-2020-4 fiscal year, parents filed almost 153,000 exemption requests, which was

almost double the number of requests seen in 2019.

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