Sarah Volpenhein
America Corps Member Reporter at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Reporter covering hospitals and health care for @journalsentinel. Former @Report4America, @TheMarionStar, @GFHerald, @Enquirer. Hablo español. Data nerd.
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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Sarah Volpenhein |Alison Dirr
Despite reports that a team of lead poisoning experts has been reinstated at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the City of Milwaukee has yet to get word of any renewed assistance with the ongoing lead crisis in the city's school buildings. "The City of Milwaukee Health Department has informally heard that members of the CDC’s Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program may have recently been rehired," Health Department spokesperson Caroline Reinwald said in a statement.
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2 weeks ago |
jsonline.com | Sarah Volpenhein |Alison Dirr
Hundreds of workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reportedly been reinstated. That includes lead poisoning experts who, before mass layoffs in April, had been working with Milwaukee on its ongoing lead crisis. City health officials don't know yet if the federal workers will resume their help.
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1 month ago |
jsonline.com | Laura Schulte |Sarah Volpenhein |Lawrence Andrea
MADISON – Republicans in Congress are pursuing major cuts to Medicaid that could cause tens of thousands of Wisconsin's poorest residents to lose BadgerCare Plus coverage. The U.S. House passed a Republican bill early on May 22 that would slash hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid, part of broader spending reductions to help pay for President Donald Trump's priorities on tax cuts and border security. The bill now goes to the Senate, which plans to make changes.
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1 month ago |
jsonline.com | Sarah Volpenhein
HHS Secretary Kennedy claimed a team was assisting Milwaukee with lead poisoning in schools, but the Milwaukee Health Department denied this. The CDC laid off its lead poisoning investigation and prevention branch, halting collaboration with Milwaukee. A CDC fellow briefly assisted with lab equipment setup, but this was unrelated to school lead testing.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Sarah Volpenhein
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services does not have a team in Milwaukee helping with the city's response to lead poisoning in public schools, the Milwaukee Health Department said, contrary to what the federal agency's secretary suggested recently. On May 20, HHS Secretary Robert F.
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