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A Bird-Flu Pandemic in People? Here’s What It Might Look Like.
The New York Times via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle has so far spilled over to just three farmworkers in the...
'More at risk than everyone else': Advocates say more needs to be done to protect farmworkers
The Ocala Star-Banner· 4 hours agoAmong the safety concerns voiced by advocates: making sure the buses that transport workers have...
Farmworkers face high-risk exposures to bird flu, but testing isn’t reaching them
Utah News Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 days agoFarmworkers face some of the most intense exposures to the bird flu virus, but advocates say many of...
Ex CDC director predicts bird flu pandemic: What to know
The Hill· 1 day agoFormer Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield says it’s just a...
Measure could allow California farmworkers to be paid in event of natural disaster
CBS News· 4 days agoThere's a national push to protect hundreds of thousands of California farmworkers by making sure...
2 Tri-Cities companies to pay $470K after farmworkers reported rapes, harassment
The Olympian via Yahoo News· 24 hours agoTwo Pasco companies will pay $470,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging multiple rapes and sexual...
Biden offers path to citizenship to spouses of US citizens
Reuters· 8 hours agoPresident Joe Biden announced one of the biggest legalization efforts in recent history on Tuesday...
‘Don’t be afraid to speak up’: Companies to pay $470,000 for failing to protect female farmworkers
KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma· 1 day agoOn Monday Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that Greenridge Farms and Baker Produce will pay...
Ex-CDC Director Makes Alarming Bird Flu Prediction
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe strain he had, called H5N2, had never been found in humans before, The Associated Press reported. The bird flu strain currently affecting dairy...
Pasco companies pay $470k to settle lawsuit over harassment, rape of female farmworkers
KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities· 1 day agoPASCO, Wash.-Two Pasco based companies will pay out $470,000 to settle claims of sexual abuse and...