Tag: lead-at-ages
-
U.S. pushes to close lead testing gaps, echoing Reuters report
By Joshua Schneyer and M.B. Pell NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. states must do more to ensure that all children enrolled in the Medicaid health care program are tested for lead poisoning, a U.S. Government agency said this week, acknowledging major gaps in screening that were highlighted in a recent Reuters investigation. In a bulletin…
-
U.S. pushes to close lead testing gaps, echoing Reuters report
By Joshua Schneyer and M.B. Pell NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. states must do more to ensure that all children enrolled in the Medicaid health care program are tested for lead poisoning, a U.S. Government agency said this week, acknowledging major gaps in screening that were highlighted in a recent Reuters investigation. In a bulletin…
-
Wal-Mart to settle U.S. lawsuit over benefits for same-sex spouses
Wal-Mart and lawyers for Jacqueline Cote, the worker who filed the 2015 lawsuit in federal court in Boston, said in a court filing that the money may be split among more than 1,000 people who were denied spousal benefits between 2011 and 2014, when Wal-Mart changed its policy. Sally Welborn, a senior vice president at…