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When Sukky Bleck’s infant son was diagnosed last year with bilateral hydronephrosis, a condition preventing urine from draining from the kidney into the bladder, she started questioning herself. “Was it something I did? What did I do wrong? How can I fix it,” the 27-year-old Southeast Side resident said. Bleck said she soon became haunted by whether lead-contaminated drinking water might have ...

Lead contributed to 5.5 million adult deaths from cardiovascular disease and the loss of 765 million IQ points in children under the age of five in 2019.

The two-bill package passed the State Senate Tuesday and is headed to the Governor's Desk. It would have pediatricians test children during their regular visits at ages 1 and 2,

Lead exposure may have a far larger worldwide effect on the mortality rate from cardiovascular disease and IQ loss, compared to earlier projections.

Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and...