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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 ...
CDC denies Milwaukee's request for help with MPS lead poisoning probe. RFK Jr. slashed jobs.
The city's request, sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was denied "due to the complete loss of (CDC's) ...
CDC doctor monitoring bad COVID vaccine reactions may have deleted files, alleges Sen. Ron Johnson
Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services have struggled to find records belonging to Dr. Tom Shimabukuro, the ...
CDC officials plan for the agency’s splintering, but questions remain
A top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official is telling staff to start planning for the agency’s splintering.
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 ...
HHS, EPA to study fluoride in drinking water as RFK Jr. says he’ll tell CDC to stop recommending it
The US Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that it is reconvening the Community Preventative Services Task ...
RFK Jr. praises CDC's handling of measles and Utah's fluoride ban
Kennedy and Zeldin were in Utah to announce that it had became the first state in the country to ban “supplemental Fluoride.” ...
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Nearly Half of CDC Birth Defects and Disabilities Staff Cut
More than 40% of the 225 scientists and public health workers at the CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental ...
‘This affects everyone’: CDC workers urge action after job cuts
After being sidelined by federal cuts, two CDC workers are organizing others to push back and demand accountability.
RFK Jr. says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention soon to stop ...
US reports highest number of measles cases since 2019, CDC data shows
The U.S. has recorded the highest number of measles cases since 2019, according to new Centers for Disease Control and ...