health and safety
COVID hits Antarctica, scientists extremely concerned for its wildlife
February 12, 2021Given the general ubiquity of coronaviruses and the rapid saturation of the global environment with the COVID-19 virus, it's paramount we explore the risk for it to spread from people to other animals.
Read moreChevron refinery dumps oil into San Francisco Bay
February 11, 2021A Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, California dumped an estimated 600 gallons of petroleum into San Francisco Bay Tuesday.
Read moreNew variants raise concern about COVID-19 virus reinfections
February 9, 2021“It’s an incentive to do what we have been saying all along: to vaccinate as many people as we can and to do so as quickly as we can."
Read moreSeis trabajadores mueren en la planta de procesamiento avícola de Georgia
February 2, 2021Las víctimas: José DeJesus Elias-Cabrera, de 45 años, de Gainesville; Corey Alan Murphy, de Clermont, de 35 años; Nelly Perez-Rafael, de Gainesville, de 28 años; Saulo Suarez-Bernal, de 41 años, de Dawsonville; Víctor Vellez de Gainesville,...
Read moreLiquid nitrogen leak at Georgia poultry plant kills 6
February 1, 2021At least three of those injured at the Foundation Food Group plant in Gainesville were reported in critical condition.
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