Medicaid children bear brunt of lead exposure risk
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The General Accounting Office has discovered that low-income children remain at risk for lead poisoning despite lead abatement programs and mandatory screenings. Nearly 60% of poor children have elevated blood lead levels, due primarily to living conditions in older buildings and urban areas where lead abatement is incomplete. State and federal screening compliance will be reinforced.
Publication Name: American Medical News
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0001-1843
Year: 1998
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HHS ponders supporting needle-exchange programs
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The Department of Health and Human Services is considering the possibility of funding needle exchange programs to prevent the spread of HIV among drug users. On March 31, 1997, the Congressional moratorium on needle exchange funding expired, thereby opening the possibility for Scty Donna Shalala to certify research on the appropriateness of needle exchange in HIV prevention.
Publication Name: American Medical News
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0001-1843
Year: 1998
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