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The Secretary of Defense has announced a new rule that would require members of the press to sign a pledge in order to get access to the Pentagon.

That moves been sharply criticized by the media.

And here's Alana Weiss has more.

The new rule would have the media vow not to gather any information, including unclassified documents

that haven't been explicitly cleared for release. Defense Secretary Pete Hexeth wrote in a statement

on social media that reporters could quote follow the rules or go home. Earlier this year,

Hexseth announced that reporters would no longer be allowed to walk the halls of the Pentagon

without an approved escort.

These changes marked an unprecedented shift from years of a free press, even among administrations that were notoriously hostile to media.

Journalists and free speech proponents quickly denounced the new Pentagon rule as an attack on the First Amendment.

Hegset is falling in line with a broader Trump administration practice to limit reporter access

from traditional spaces, including the White House.

Alana Wise, NPR News, Washington.

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted this week to no longer recommend a combination shot for

measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox for children under the age of four. This concerns

some public health officials, including those who dealt with a measles outbreak in Texas this year.

Samantha Larnett of Member Station KTTZ reports. Dr. Catherine Wells is the director of Lubbock Public Health, a major coordinator during the West Texas measles outbreak, two-thirds of the more than 700 confirmed cases or in children.

She says that while the MMR and chickenpox vaccines remain as separate recommendations for children, parents will have fewer choices.

We saw the impact of what happens when we have large unvaccinated populations. And in Texas,

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