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Court extends temporary block on cancellation of federal grants

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 21, 2025 | Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

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

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 18, 2025 | Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have impacted Milwaukee’s response to the lead paint crisis in its public schools.

Milwaukee Common Council members consider raising age for hookah products

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 15, 2025 | Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

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’

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 11, 2025 | DHS, Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

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

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 9, 2025 | COVID-19 Update, Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

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.

Trump administration cuts $210 million for Wisconsin health services, Evers says

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 31, 2025 | Federal Government, Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

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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Wisconsin ranks in top tier of states for public health emergency preparedness

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 27, 2025 | Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin ranks in the highest tier of states for public health emergency preparedness, according to a Thursday report.

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Three more Milwaukee schools will close over lead issues

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 14, 2025 | Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Three public schools in Milwaukee will temporarily close Monday to address lead concerns. A school that closed last week reopened Friday.

Milwaukee Health Department will close school over lead concerns

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 28, 2025 | Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

The Milwaukee Health Department said Thursday it will temporarily close a public elementary school due to “unsafe lead dust levels” for additional remediation and assessment work.

Kaul seeks to defend federal plan to replace lead pipes

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 4, 2025 | Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul is seeking to intervene in a court case to defend a federal rule that will require water systems to replace lead pipes within 10 years.

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Wisconsin senators take dueling approaches during Kennedy hearings

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 31, 2025 | Abortion, Federal Government, Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin’s Democratic senator on Thursday questioned President Donald Trump’s choice for health secretary on abortion pill access, a day after the state’s Republican senator praised Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for targeting chronic health conditions.

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Evers signs off on lowering lead poisoning threshold

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 29, 2025 | Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday approved an emergency rule that lowers the state threshold for when kids become eligible for lead poisoning intervention services.

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