Jan. 7—DIXON — The Illinois Department of Public Health has announced a stricter standard for public health interventions based on children's blood lead test results in 2025. Illinois law dictates ...

A total of 132 families with 166 children participated; because the child was the primary unit of study, the following statistics refer to information on the child and/or his/her residence as reported ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — 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, ...

The Midland County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) offers appointments for capillary blood lead testing (finger poke) to identify lead exposure in children. As of April 30, the Michigan universal ...

A company that makes tests for lead poisoning has agreed to resolve criminal charges that it concealed for years a malfunction that resulted in inaccurately low results. It's the latest in a ...

How Much Should We Worry About Lead? Five years ago, the residents of Flint, Michigan, saw a startling change in their drinking water. It had turned brown, foul-smelling, and bad-tasting. Eventually ...

LANSING, Mich. – New laws in Michigan mandate blood lead testing for children at 12 and 24 months, recorded on immunization records, to address lead poisoning. The testing aims to prevent and address ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — Children who attend public schools in the Oakland Unified School District with high levels of lead detected in water fountains should go to the doctor for blood tests, county ...

MID-MICHIGAN (WNEM) – Blood testing rules in Michigan have been finalized, and physicians are now required to order testing for children at ages 1 and 2 to address and prevent lead poisoning. In ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

Magellan Diagnostics on Sept. 1 expanded its recall of blood lead tests, which was initiated in May after the company identified an ongoing issue with the controls used in the tests. Several lots of ...