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Farmworkers face high-risk exposures to bird flu, but testing isn’t reaching them
Utah News Dispatch via Yahoo News· 6 days agoFarmworkers face some of the most intense exposures to the bird flu virus, but advocates say many of...
FEMA is ready for an extreme hurricane and wildfire season, but Mayorkas says money is a concern
WAGM· 2 hours agoThe head of the Homeland Security Department said Friday that the agency tasked with responding to...
A Bird-Flu Pandemic in People? Here’s What It Might Look Like.
The New York Times via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle has so far spilled over to just three farmworkers in the...
‘Don’t be afraid to speak up’: Companies to pay $470,000 for failing to protect female farmworkers
KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma· 4 days agoOn Monday Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that Greenridge Farms and Baker Produce will pay...
'More at risk than everyone else': Advocates say more needs to be done to protect farmworkers
The Ocala Star-Banner· 4 days agoAmong the safety concerns voiced by advocates: making sure the buses that transport workers have...
Pasco companies pay $470k to settle lawsuit over harassment, rape of female farmworkers
KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities· 5 days agoPASCO, Wash.-Two Pasco based companies will pay out $470,000 to settle claims of sexual abuse and...
2 Tri-Cities companies to pay $470K after farmworkers reported rapes, harassment
Tri-City Herald McClatchy via AOL· 4 days agoTwo Pasco companies will pay $470,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging multiple rapes and sexual...
One migrant worker’s effort to claim workers’ comp, a right all workers have despite immigration...
Chicago Tribune· 17 hours agoJose Antuna fell through a drain at a west suburban car wash where he worked and tore his meniscus...
CDC preps bird flu tests as experts fear of covid missteps
Modern Healthcare· 2 days ago“We’re flying blind,” said Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at the Brown University School of Public Health. With so few tests run, she said, it’s impossible to know how many ...
Scientists try to solve bird flu mystery: Why there's so much virus in Michigan wastewater
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 5 days agoNewly released wastewater surveillance data suggests Michigan is a national hot spot for the highly...