health
Appelbaum: Poultry plant workers ‘are not expendable’ in coronavirus pandemic
April 20, 2020The nation’s big poultry producers “are getting it wrong” with slow and tardy responses to worker demands for protection from the spreading coronavirus pandemic.
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S.D. Gov. Noem has blood on her hands after Smithfield outbreak
April 17, 2020Refusing to issue a stay-at-home order after 700 infections at a Smithfield meat plant spread like wildfire into Sioux Falls, she says the people “just have to tough this out.”
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“More people will die”: Uber and Lyft drivers demand companies protect workers
April 17, 2020“I transport dozens of passengers every day,” one driver said. “Many are the doctors and nurses dealing with coronavirus cases up close."
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Hospital suspends nurses after they refuse COVID-19 duties over lack of PPE
April 16, 2020They are among hundreds of doctors, nurses, and other health care workers across the country who say they’ve been asked to work without adequate protection.
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At height of pandemic, Trump halts funds for WHO
April 15, 2020Trump accused the global health agency of making precisely the mistakes and missteps that his own administration has actually committed.
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