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Confusion and controversy continued at the CDC on Friday over childhood vaccines.
NPR's Rob Stein reports a panel of advisors reversed course on a key vote after acknowledging it sent mixed messages about a combined shot for kids under the age of four.
First, the committee was forced to redo a confusing decision yesterday.
The advisors had recommended against a single shot for kids under age four that protects them against chicken pox along with measles,
bumps, and rubella.
But the panel let the federal vaccines for children program keep paying for the combination shot.
Today, the committee acknowledged that was contradictory and reversed itself on the coverage part.
So now the federal program won't pay for the combined shot for the younger kids.
That's NPR's Rob Stein reporting.
Tensions over and immigration blitz in Chicago boiled over at a federal facility near the city on Friday.
Chip Mitchell from member station WBEZ reports that federal officers fired tear gas and pepper balls at protesters.
you The feds say Chicago area immigration arrests have totaled around 550