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CDC reports dramatic change in major public health crisis
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that drug overdose deaths have decline by nearly 27% in 2024. The ...
CDC can no longer help prevent lead poisoning in children, state officials say
On April 1, the staff of the CDC's Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program was terminated as part of the agency's ...
CDC's childhood lead program is still defunct, despite Kennedy's claims
RFK Jr. claimed in a Senate hearing that the childhood lead program was still being funded. But staffers remain on ...
CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service protects public health in U.S., overseas
Just as firefighters rush into burning buildings to save lives, this team’s specialists mobilize both domestically and ...
There is no federal team in Milwaukee responding to lead crisis, city health department says, contrary to RFK Jr. claim
The Milwaukee Health Department said there is no team from HHS or the CDC in Milwaukee responding to the lead contamination ...
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Baldwin promises to 'hold his feet to the fire' after RFK Jr. clash over MPS lead crisis
Democratic Sen. U.S. Tammy Baldwin says she'll continue targeting Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Health and Human Services ...
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RFK Jr. claims federal ‘team’ is in Milwaukee for school lead crisis; city says there isn’t
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Senate committee there was a federal “team” in Milwaukee from the CDC’s Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. The ...
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Milwaukee health officials push back on latest RFK comments about MPS lead crisis
Milwaukee's health department said Friday U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. "continues to misstate the facts" about an ongoing lead crisis in several of the city's public ...