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When the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, met last week, confusion filled the room.  Members admitted they didn’t know what they were voting on, first rejecting a combined measles-mumps-rubella-chickenpox vaccine for young toddlers, then voting to keep it funded minutes later. The next day, they reversed themselves on the funding.  Now Jim O’Neill, the HHS deputy secretary …

The Trump administration’s abrupt decision to slap a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas has stunned and confused employers, students and workers from the United States to India and beyond. Since announcing the decision Friday, the White House has tried to reassure jittery companies that the fee does not apply to existing visa holders and that their H-1B employees traveling abroad …

Trump’s changes to skilled worker visas spark confusion. Here’s what to know.  The Washington Post The American workforce has a new challenge: Trump’s $100K fee on H-1B visas  CNN US says $100,000 fee for H-1B visas will not apply to existing holders  Al Jazeera Trump’s $100,000 Visa Fee Spurs Confusion and Chaos  The New York Times New H-1B visa fee will not apply to …

President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee for H-1B visas sowed mass confusion and panic among top U.S. companies overnight, forcing the White House to clarify the requirements. On Saturday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt took to X to explain which visa holders the fee applies to and when. “This is NOT an annual fee,” she said. “It’s a one-time fee that applies …

COVID shots and pregnancy: The high cost of confusion  Axios Take the politics out of health and get your COVID vaccine this season  The Boston Globe Moms Are Losing Options to Protect Newborns From COVID  The Atlantic WOMEN’S HEALTH: Current vaccines recommendations  YourGV.com Vaccines during pregnancy: Which vaccinations are recommended – and why  Unicef Source link

CDC Vaccine Panel Postpones One Vote and Reverses Another Amid Confusion  The New York Times CDC advisers vote that patients must consult a health care provider for Covid-19 vaccination, but no prescription required  CNN RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Votes Down Its Own Proposal to Require Prescriptions for Covid-19 Shots  WIRED CDC panel abandons COVID vaccine recommendation, saying it’s a personal choice  ABC News – …

Patel ‘sparked mass confusion’ over Charlie Kirk shooting suspect, says Durbin Durbin says Patel “sparked mass confusion” by announcing too early that the suspect in the shooting of Charlie Kirk had been caught. “At critical stages of an investigation, shut up and let professionals do their job,” says Durbin. Share Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript …

Late last month, U.S. officials working under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. approved an updated COVID-19 vaccine, but with new eligibility restrictions that many leading health experts disagree with. For many Oregonians who want a booster this fall, that raised a practical question: Can I still get one? Some two weeks later, straight answers remain elusive, reflecting the entanglement …

Health News Anne Goyette, who has leukemia, faced 10 days of delays trying to get a COVID booster amid confusion over RFK Jr.’s vaccine policies. Anne Goyette, who has leukemia, is at grave danger if she gets COVID-19, and is eligible for the vaccine booster. Amid HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s tumultuous changes to vaccine policy, Goyette fought in vain …

Workers detained in a massive immigration raid of a Cato protein bar factory last week have already been deported to Guatemala. It took less than 72 hours for as many as a dozen of those workers to go from a factory floor in Upstate New York to a landing strip in Central America. Advocates and families trying to get in …