Category: Public Health
Baldwin, Moore urge federal support for Milwaukee school lead crisis
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee, are demanding that President Donald Trump reinstate fired lead poisoning experts and approve a request from Milwaukee for federal help as it grapples with a lead paint crisis in public schools.
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Court extends temporary block on cancellation of federal grants
A federal court has extended a temporary order that allowed state health officials to resume funding projects supported by $225 million in grants canceled by President Donald Trump’s administration.
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CDC cuts hit Milwaukee’s response to school lead crisis
Cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have impacted Milwaukee’s response to the lead paint crisis in its public schools.
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Milwaukee Common Council members consider raising age for hookah products
Milwaukee Common Council members are seeking to bar the sale of hookah products to those under the age of 21, after a city attorney told them they likely can’t legally raise the tobacco purchase age to meet the federal standard.
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DHS leader Johnson calls HHS cuts ‘devastating’
Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Kirsten Johnson said the loss of 20,000 employees from the federal health department, as part of a broad reorganization, was a “sad day for public health.”
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DHS will resume funding for grants canceled by Trump administration
State health officials said Wednesday that they will resume funding projects supported by $225 million in grants canceled by President Donald Trump’s administration, a day after they said they were putting the funds on hold.
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Trump administration cuts $210 million for Wisconsin health services, Evers says
President Donald Trump’s administration provided notice last week that it plans to pull more than $210 million in federal funding intended to support health services in Wisconsin, Gov. Tony Evers said Friday.
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Three more Milwaukee schools will close over lead issues
Three public schools in Milwaukee will temporarily close Monday to address lead concerns. A school that closed last week reopened Friday.
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