Lead exposure is particularly concerning among children under 6 years old, since their growing bodies absorb the metal faster ...

Gov. Tony Evers, as previewed in his 2025 State of the State address, announced approval of the Wisconsin Department of ...

More than 1,000 children tested positive for lead poisoning in New Hampshire in 2023, the highest number to do so since routine testing efforts for 1- and 2-year-olds began in 2018, a new report from ...

Better Health Partnership, a Northeast Ohio-based health collaborative, has been chosen to administer a $1 million grant program to increase lead screening and testing in Cleveland, it was recently ...

In 2022, more than 12,000 children living in big cities had elevated blood lead levels (≥5 micrograms per deciliter, the CDC’s blood lead reference ... of Public Health using data from childhood lead ...

"Lead Poisoning Symptoms, According to the CDC:Damage to the brain and nervous systemSlowed growth and developmentLearning and behavior problemsHearing and speech problemsThis can cause:Lower ...

The health department tested four schools for lead. They've confirmed two have hazards, while a third has results pending.

VNutrition used data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to look at foodborne illness outbreaks across the ...

While sickness can keep you bedbound for a day or two - food poisoning symptoms can lead to serious dehydration, which can be dangerous and even fatal. The most common symptoms of food poisoning ...

MADISON, Wis. (WSAW) - Gov. Tony Evers has approved the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) emergency rule to strengthen standards to protect more kids from further lead exposure. In his ...