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Confidence in agencies is low Confidence in federal health agencies was low in this poll, with only 14% of parents saying they have a lot" of confidence in government health agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration. The margin of sampling error for the total sample in the poll is plus or minus 2 percentage points, while it's plus or minus 3 percentage points for the parents of children under the age of 6 years old. The authors say the fact that 28% of urine cultures were collected in the absence of urinary symptoms, and more than half were treated with antibiotics, highlights opportunities for diagnostic and antibiotic stewardship. The WDHS also said Wisconsin's Medicaid program will continue to cover the COVID vaccine for eligible members, including children and pregnant women, and that it expects that all health plans regulated by the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner to cover the vaccine without cost sharing."