Financial incentives did not increase COVID vaccine uptake, study finds The effect of financial incentives on primary and booster vaccinations was nonsignificant. CIDRAP

Among adults in Ravensburg, Germany, financial incentives for COVID-19 vaccination did not result in significant changes to vaccine uptake and may have inadvertently lowered community vaccination levels, according to a recently published study in JAMA Network Open. 

Health clinics grapple with US funding squeeze

Exclusive | White House Preparing Order to Cut Thousands of Federal Health Workers The executive order could come as soon as next week, if the Trump administration goes ahead with plans, according to people familiar with the matter. Liz Essley Whyte and Betsy McKay WSJ

The White House is working on an executive order to fire thousands of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services workers, according to people familiar with the matter.