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Vaccine skepticism has worked its way from the fringes of the public to the highest levels of the federal government. The Trump administration is reportedly considering changes to a critical policy, the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, that has protected domestic vaccine supply for 40 years, which could further jeopardize vaccine access and even create shortages in the United States. (Joel Dodge, 10/14)

This outbreak was detected late, giving the virus a head start. (Heather Kerr, 10/14)

Picture a baby sleeping in a crib. Every second, her brain is forming more than a million new neural connections. The scaffolding for language, memory, attention, and thought is going up in real time, wire by wire. We don’t yet know who she will become; yet much of her future self depends on what reaches her now, in the earliest months of her life. (Holly Baines and George Vradenburg, 10/14)

My public relations agency gave me the job of interviewing Mike Ditka about his experience with erectile dysfunction. (Bob Brody, 10/13)