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Alexander Tin

@alexander_tin

Reporting for @CBSNews in D.C. on federal public health. Raised in sunny Nevada. Email is [email protected], call/text/signal at 202-381-7107

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The CDC has received at least 62 reports of measles cases this year that were infectious during air travel. cbsn.ws/4kjLq3p

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The Trump administration has moved to end funding for a broad swath of HIV vaccine research, saying current approaches are enough to counter the virus, multiple scientists and federal health officials say. cbsn.ws/4dL8qpw

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FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary's interview with Margaret Brennan on Face The Nation this morning discussing the the new COVID vaccination recommendations: READ: cbsnews.com/news/marty-mak… WATCH: youtube.com/watch?v=WGH23F…

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Will norovirus surge early again this year? CDC's EID journal is out with a new report on the rise of a new strain from this notorious stomach bug called GII.17, now dominant nationwide cbsnews.com/news/norovirus…

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After years of largely predictable norovirus waves, the emergence of a new strain might have disrupted the seasonal pattern of outbreaks from this notorious stomach bug, suggests a new report by the CDC. cbsn.ws/45803C7

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A CDC official is resigning from role overseeing updates COVID-19 vaccine recommendations In an email to others in group, she said she started in public health to help most vulnerable "that is not something I am able to continue doing in this role" cbsnews.com/news/cdc-offic…

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Touting recent charges of Chinese researchers, FBI called Fusarium graminearum a "potential agroterrorism weapon" A retired Agricultural Research Service scientist who co-authored with them told us it's already "extremely prevalent" in North America, likely originated here cbsnews.com/news/fungus-ag…

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Today U.S. FDA resumed hiring food investigators, after being stalled for months by The White House freeze We're told nearly 1 in 5 positions now vacant in agency's food inspectorate Last month, agency told OIG at HHS nearly 90 investigative positions empty cbsnews.com/news/fda-food-…

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he is removing every member of a government panel that makes vaccine recommendations. cbsn.ws/3HtvwoJ

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This evening, a member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices told us they received "formal notice of your immediate termination" "This is horrifying," a CDC official said of Secretary Kennedy's move cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-re…

This evening, a member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices told us they received "formal notice of your immediate termination"

"This is horrifying," a <a href="/CDCgov/">CDC</a> official said of <a href="/SecKennedy/">Secretary Kennedy</a>'s move

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Beyond Secretary Kennedy replacing members of CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices We're told Dr. Melinda Wharton and other career agency officials are now purged from roles overseeing committee's vetting, agenda, and planning cbsnews.com/news/cdc-purge…

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We've updated our story with more details about Secretary Kennedy's picks to be CDC's vaccine advisers For example, GW University told us Dr Michael A Ross hasn't been a professor there since 2017. VCU says he was an "affiliate faculty member" until 2021 cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-cd…

We've updated our story with more details about <a href="/SecKennedy/">Secretary Kennedy</a>'s picks to be <a href="/CDCgov/">CDC</a>'s vaccine advisers

For example, <a href="/GWtweets/">GW University</a> told us Dr Michael A Ross hasn't been a professor there since 2017. <a href="/VCU/">VCU</a> says he was an "affiliate faculty member" until 2021

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The CDC has released new measles guidance for summer camps, urging to check for measles immunity in campers and staff, stockpiling face masks It comes as we're now less than a hundred cases from setting a record, marking worst year since 20th century cbsnews.com/news/cdc-urges…

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Dr. Fiona Havers, head of RESP-NET hospitalization data, resigned from CDC today "I no longer have confidence that these data will be used objectively or evaluated with appropriate scientific rigor to make evidence-based vaccine policy decisions." cbsnews.com/news/fiona-hav…