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.

Staff say equipment was left running and samples continue to arrive from across the US following the sudden closure.

In the state's second measles case of the year, a baby under 1 year old has been confirmed to have the virus. As babies cannot be vaccinated, they are highly vulnerable, health officials warn.

It is unclear what will happen to hundreds of pending requests for public information as the health agencies slash staff.

A measles outbreak has killed a second child in the southwestern United States, authorities said Sunday, with almost 650 people now infected as the highly contagious disease spreads. Kennedy, however,

CDC Reports Higher Risk of Tick-Borne Diseases Among Red Meat Consumers in the U.S. With Rising Diagnosis Countries worldwide employ scientists and officials to understand and analyze any disease spreading within the population.

Some of those fired by the Department of Health and Human Services have been rehired. Amid layoffs throughout the Trump administration, this keeps happening.

The Trump administration this week gutted a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention division that monitors infertility and tracks national maternal and infant health outcomes, despite President Donald Trump repeatedly insisting that he supports in vitro fertilization and wants to protect women and children.