James Alwine

James Alwine

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James Alwine is a virologist, a professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania, a visiting professor at the University of Arizona and a fellow of the American Academy for Microbiology and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the coordinating committee for Defend Public Health. 

Latest articles by James Alwine

The US is on track to lose its measles elimination status in months. RFK needs to go.

By Elizabeth Jacobs, James Alwine published

Canada has lost its measles elimination status and the U.S. is likely to be next. These failures are the result of the anti-vaccination movement, bolstered by the appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and it's a bellwether of the erosion of public health.

Viruses, Infections & Disease