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The average cost per case was more than $104,000.
The researchers also found that even a small 1% drop in measles vaccination rates could result in more than 4,000 hospitalizations and 36 preventable deaths from measles each year.
That 1% drop in vaccinations would also cost the nation an additional $1.5 billion per year between now and the year 2030 in related health costs.
The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Last year, the US confirmed 2,287 measles cases, the highest number in decades.
In a new modeling study, researchers at Yale estimated that responding to those cases cost the country some $244 million.
The average cost per case was more than $104,000.
The researchers also found that even a small 1% drop in measles vaccination rates could result in more than 4,000 hospitalizations and 36 preventable deaths from measles each year.
That 1% drop in vaccinations would also cost the nation an additional $1.5 billion per year between now and the year 2030 in related health costs.
The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Zakiya Rahman at Stanford says it can be challenging to distinguish science from hype when it comes to red light therapy devices aimed at consumers.
As for the therapy itself, there is actual real science.
That science is based on how red light, which occupies the longer wavelengths on the visible light spectrum, stimulates energy production inside mitochondria so that cells work better.
Ramon says there's solid research to show after months of regular use, red light therapy can improve fine lines and wrinkles and promote hair growth in people with pattern hair loss.
But the results won't be dramatic.
The new study is based on data from Finland, where researchers had access to medical and educational information for some 580,000 people born between 1990 and 1999.