A few months ago, a test revealed that a child in Milwaukee had elevated levels of lead in their blood. The results triggered an investigation into the family’s home, then the child’s school and then more aging school buildings still riddled with lead paint.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has eliminated the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's laboratories for sexually transmitted diseases and hepatitis, multiple officials tell CBS News, disrupting ongoing work to respond to outbreaks.

Plus, University of Mississippi student Mary Kate Cornett, 19, speaks out after a viral rumor perpetuated by people like ESPN's Pat McAfee triggers online harassment.

Leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ordered staff this week not to release their experts’ assessment that found the risk of catching measles is high in areas near outbreaks where vaccination rates are lagging,

Workers across the CDC were summarily fired on Tuesday, triggering what will be an unprecedented and chaotic withdrawal of the agency from many areas of disease prevention.

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

Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.

California and other states are suing the Trump administration over plans to cut billions of dollars in grants designed to make states more resilient to infectious disease.

The directive applies to Notices of Funding Opportunities, or NOFOs, which are issued to solicit applications for all types of grants. NIH has posted no new NOFOs since Jan. 22, when the Trump administration imposed an HHS-wide communications pause, Science reported.