In The Press

The sun safety game is changing. Dermatalogical skincare brand La Roche-Posay aims to upgrade the sun protection market in a major way with their new wearable device that tracks sun exposure and potential UV damage with one tiny mobile-syncing device, UV Sense.

The Melanoma Foundation of New England (MFNE) and Make Big Change (MBC) just gave you yet another reason to spend time in Boston’s parks: Green spaces across the city will now be outfitted with free sunscreen dispensers.

The melanoma community has seen amazing progress over the past four years, starting in the spring of 2011 with the introduction of the first new drug for metastatic melanoma in 13 years. Since then melanoma has received a great deal more attention in the research community, on Capitol Hill and among the population in general. 

“When we launched the Claire Marie Foundation nearly three years ago, in February of 2015, we hoped to let other’s know what we  discovered the hard way;  melanoma can develop in your child as a result of hormonal changes in puberty and early detection is the only way to truly nip it in the bud.  The challenge was to do that in a Claire-sort-of way; with color, style and joy.”