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 ...

RFK Jr. claimed in a Senate hearing that the childhood lead program was still being funded. But staffers remain on ...

Beyond lead poisoning, the layoffs also disrupted plans ... staff could be rehired under the new Administration for a Healthy America, or AHA, agency. The department says AHA is supposed to ...

The most recent data available shows half a million kids across America have elevated lead in their blood, threatening their ...

He also said he thought lead poisoning in children was an "extremely ... open a new agency called the Administration for a Healthy America — AHA — to work on chronic diseases, mental health ...

Lawmakers want Congress to fund the Flint Lead Exposure Registry for next year, even as the program's money for 2025 is held ...

In April, the staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the agency's 'Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program' were all fired as part of reductions in force. Now, a ...

The entire staff of the lead poisoning office at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was included in layoffs at the agency last week. And in recent weeks, state water officials have ...

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