The Milwaukee Health Department said there is no team from HHS or the CDC in Milwaukee responding to the lead contamination ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced tough questions from senators about a lead poisoning crisis in public schools in ...

Milwaukee Public Schools says it will assess 107 schools for lead hazards, and address whatever issues it finds.

The federal government said its program to address and prevent childhood lead poisoning continues to operate, which came as a ...

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 ...

On April 1, the staff of the CDC's Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program was terminated as part of the agency's reduction in force, according to NPR. The staff included epidemiologists, ...

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday that the federal government has “a team in Milwaukee” helping the city address a lead crisis in its ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced tough questions from senators about a lead poisoning crisis in Milwaukee's ...

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Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, about the demise of the CDC’s childhood lead poisoning prevention program, Kennedy said, “We are continuing to fund the program, and in Milwaukee, we have a team in ...

HHS Secretary Kennedy claimed a team was assisting Milwaukee with lead poisoning in schools, but the Milwaukee Health Department denied this. The CDC laid off its lead poisoning investigation and ...

For many months now, the city of Milwaukee has been grappling with a lead poisoning crisis that has forced at least four schools to temporarily close and dozens more to undergo rigorous inspections.