A CDC team helping respond to a lead crisis in Milwaukee schools was cut as part of a widespread layoffs at federal health agencies this week.

The U.S. Senate last week confirmed former Johns Hopkins surgeon and professor Dr. Marty Makary to lead the Food and Drug Administration. During his confirmation hearing, Makary said his goals for the agency were "more cures and meaningful treatments for Americans.

The president, the Supreme Court, and Republicans in Congress are limiting clean water regulations and protecting polluters

Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen is asking the Department of Justice to scrap a report that could lead to intense federal oversight of the Phoenix Police Department.

Cuts to the CDC's branch responsible for investigating and preventing lead poisoning has brought multiple efforts to help local health authorities to a virtual standstill, current and laid-off agency officials say, including for lead poisoning responses that could have helped children in Milwaukee and on an American Indian reservation.

Former heart surgeon and TV pitchman Dr. Mehmet Oz was confirmed Thursday to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, who was also the head of U.S. Cyber Command, was one of several national security officials fired on the advice of a conspiracy theorist.

The daytime television host and surgeon will lead the agency that oversees health coverage for millions of Americans.

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