Alison Young covers national public health issues for Healthbeat, including the work of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Young has reported on health, science and environmental issues for national and regional news organizations, including USA Today, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Detroit Free Press. Young’s reporting has received more than 40 national journalism awards, including National Press Club Awards, Scripps Howard Awards, Gerald Loeb Awards, the Hillman Prize, a Sigma Delta Chi Award, and an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award. She also has received honors from the Association of Health Care Journalists and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Young is a past president of Investigative Reporters and Editors, and the author of Pandora’s Gamble: Lab Leaks, Pandemics, and a World at Risk, which was named to Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2023. She lives in South Carolina. You can message Alison using Signal at alisonyoungreports.48