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In a city burdened by health hazards of lead, they’re trying to repair school buildings and public trust
Pollution Environmental disease Student life See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow Milwaukee — As workers set up stations at North Division High School’s cafeteria to test children’s blood for lead, a group of frustrated parents and community activists gathered just outside the main entrance. They carried …
Utah’s ban on fluoride in public water is a simple change that raises complicated new health risks, experts say
Water availability See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow Dentists in Utah can tell rather quickly whether their patients grew up in the Salt Lake City area or in a different part of the state. Salt Lake County, neighboring Davis County to the north and nearby Brigham …
FDA chooses Dr. Vinay Prasad to lead biologics, vaccines division
The US Food and Drug Administration has named Dr. Vinay Prasad, a hematologist oncologist, to lead its Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, the division that oversees vaccines and biologic medicines. Prasad, a professor at the University of California San Francisco, became a harsh critic of the government’s response and …
US surpasses 1,000 measles cases in 2025, second worst year since disease was declared eliminated
Federal agencies See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow Experts have said that numbers in the outbreak are a severe undercount because many cases are going unreported. Related article WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 30: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears during a Cabinet …
Privacy concerns swirl around HHS plan to build Medicare, Medicaid database on autism
Disability issues Health care policy Federal agencies See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The US Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday unveiled a pilot program for the National Institutes of Health to tap into Medicare and Medicaid data in its search for the root …
More than a dozen states, DC sue Trump administration over ‘dismantling’ of federal health agencies
Democratic attorneys general across 19 states and Washington, DC, have filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Health and Human Services, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other federal health officials, alleging that the agency’s restructuring endangers the American public after several public health programs were dismantled and …