Researchers at Johns Hopkins created AI-generated “visual anagrams” that reveal how our brains process what we see. A butterfly becomes a bear, a duck becomes a horse, all from the same pixels.

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The dataset is open to the public and offers a new layer of insight beyond national trends. It can help public health officials identify where support and outreach are most needed.

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Now compare that to the years that followed. This map reveals how widespread the decline has been, especially in communities that were already on the edge of herd immunity.

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Before the pandemic, most U.S. counties had MMR vaccination rates above the level needed to prevent outbreaks. This map shows how things looked heading into 2020.

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On average, rates dropped from 93.92 percent before the pandemic to 91.26 percent after. That may sound small, but it moves counties further from the 95 percent herd immunity threshold.

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Researchers collected MMR vaccination rates for kindergarteners from 2017 to 2024. In 78 percent of the 2,000+ counties studied, vaccination rates declined.

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Their custom software, CODA, turns tissue samples into high-resolution 3D models.

This work is uncovering how cancer cells move, where metastasis begins, and how diseases show up differently across sex, age, and race. 2/2

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With biodegradable nanoparticles, Mao’s team is improving how the body responds to mRNA therapies — making treatments more precise, more powerful, and more personal.

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