They point to high cost of removing lead pipes proposed by pipe fitters union, drafter of the bill. Others argue the standard for treatment remains hazardous for kids.
Public employee unions and organizations representing school districts, school boards and school business officers are pitted against each other on legislation spelling out how to protect students and school adults from lead in water.
The Sarcoma Foundation of America (SFA), an organization dedicated to increasing research and awareness for sarcoma, today announced that Crystal L. Mackall,
COVID-19 was the leading cause of death for people between the ages of 45 and 54 in 2021, accounting for 16.8% of all deaths in that age group, found a study in JAMA Internal Medicine. It was the third leading cause of death during the height of the pandemic in 2020, surpassed only by cancer and heart disease. Among people 85 and older, COVID-19 was ranked as the second
In the last week of April, pediatric COVID-19 cases were up 61% from the period two weeks prior, according to data published by the American Academy of Physicians. Though coronavirus cases among children were still down from a peak of about 1.15 million during the height of the Omicron surge, the last week in April marked the third straight that cases have risen among the