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Alison Young

Washington, D.C.

Associate Editor, Investigations and Investigative Reporter at Houston Landing

New: Associate Editor for Investigations + investigative reporter @Hou_Landing, [email protected]. Pandora’s Gamble author [email protected]

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  • 2 weeks ago | houstonlanding.org | Alison Young

    In the five years before a sports utility vehicle struck Energy Transfer’s pipeline in Deer Park and caused a massive explosion and fire, pipelines operated by the company and its affiliates had been damaged by vehicle collisions at least five times. That’s what Houston Landing found in a two-part investigation published in December that revealed the Deer Park crash was part of a wider national safety issue that has involved at least 36 pipeline collisions across the United States since 2019.

  • 2 weeks ago | thetrek.co | Alison Young

    The Xero Shoes D-Trail Trail-to-Town Sandal is a versatile, minimalist sandal that works well in camp and on the trail. Despite being lightweight and flexible, these barefoot-design sandals offer enough traction to allow you to consider trading out your hiking shoes.

  • 4 weeks ago | houstonlanding.org | Alison Young

    Vaccination is the best way to protect against becoming infected with measles, health officials say, and there are many places in the Houston area where the shots are available. “This vaccine has been used for decades. We’ve found it to be very, very safe. It is very, very effective,” said Dr. David Persse, the City of Houston’s chief medical officer.

  • 4 weeks ago | houstonlanding.org | Alison Young

    As Texas battles against its largest measles outbreak in decades, immunization data obtained by Houston Landing shows that more than 1,000 kindergarten and seventh grade students in the Houston ISD either had vaccination exemptions or lacked proof they were fully immunized against the highly contagious virus.

  • 1 month ago | houstonlanding.org | Alison Young

    The latest Houston measles case – an infant who was too young to be vaccinated – arrived in the city not from the growing West Texas outbreak, but in the way the virus typically does: through international travel. “This is what we have exclusively seen in Houston the last bunch of years: an unvaccinated person who traveled internationally,” Dr. David Persse, Houston’s chief medical officer, told the Landing.

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Alison Young
Alison Young @alisonannyoung
8 May 25

Robert Prevost was born in a hospital founded by the Sisters of Mercy that while facing bankruptcy was sold to a technology firm. “The challenges for Catholics where Prevost grew up are a microcosm of the gargantuan challenges facing the Catholic Church.” https://t.co/88vWmIV3wG

Alison Young
Alison Young @alisonannyoung
8 May 25

“Revlimid is now one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of more than $100 billion. It has extended tens of thousands of lives” … it also costs nearly $1,000 per daily pill, yet “costs just 25 cents to make.” https://t.co/G34HiukwGc

Alison Young
Alison Young @alisonannyoung
5 May 25

RT @KFFHealthNews: In a reversal, at least some workers who furnish government records in response to Freedom of Information Act requests h…