AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoYouth Mental Health & Privacy: A landmark federal trial in Oakland begins with 29 states—including New Jersey—accusing Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to “hook” children and improperly collecting minors’ data, with California’s attorney telling jurors Meta studied teens’ vulnerabilities and hid harms; Meta denies addiction claims and says it uses safeguards. NJ Immigration Health Oversight: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and Sen. Jeff Merkley (with NJ Sen. Cory Booker) demand HHS and CMS stop transferring Medicaid data to ICE after acknowledged court-order violations involving protected health information. Food Safety (NJ-Linked): Lidl recalled a specific lot of wok spice mix in NJ and other states after its lab found Salmonella; separately, Walmart-linked soup kit recalls over possible Listeria contamination include NJ. Care & Community: A home-health nurse in Kentucky (who recently moved from NJ) won regional Caregiver of the Year, highlighting workforce recognition in patient support. Public Health Policy: NJ’s childhood vaccine rules are reported unchanged despite a new federal executive order, with advocates warning against splitting MMR into separate shots.
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