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RFK Jr.'s cuts to CDC lead poisoning team bring efforts to help tribes, health departments to a standstill
Cuts to the CDC's branch responsible for investigating and preventing lead poisoning has brought multiple efforts to help ...
Layoffs and funding delays could slow fight against lead, experts say
Up to half a million children in the United States suffer from dangerous levels of lead contamination, according to the CDC.
CDC denies Milwaukee’s request for help with unsafe lead levels in public schools
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has denied a request fromMilwaukee’s public health department for ...
Recent layoffs stop CDC from helping with lead contamination at Milwaukee schools
Officials for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention denied Milwaukee Public Schools officials' request for help with ...
CDC's cruise ship inspectors laid off amid bad year for outbreaks
The steep cuts to the cruise ship inspection team baffled officials in the program, which is not paid for by taxpayer dollars ...
CDC faces backlash for cutting sickle cell, adult disability programs
Work likely to be halted by the cuts includes the collection of data for studying Americans with sickle cell, a painful blood ...
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CDC can’t help MPS and Milwaukee Health Department with lead crisis
“My entire division was eliminated today,” a ... Kennedy Jr. said April 3 when asked about the cutting of the CDC’s lead poisoning prevention and surveillance branch. He also said that ...