health
Human-caused climate change gets personal
July 20, 2016What felt distant has become much closer. What could be safely put off can no longer be shoved aside.
Read moreNurses union asks OSHA for workplace violence standard
July 15, 2016National Nurses United has formally petitioned OSHA to pass a new standard that would help prevent violent attacks on healthcare workers.
Read moreSupreme Court blocks Texas attempt to shut women’s health facilities
June 27, 2016This will help keep America on the path toward greater equity and toward full recognition that women have the right to control their own bodies.
Read moreVeterans’ health care in crosshairs of privatization forces
June 16, 2016A blue-ribbon commission is set to recommend that private health companies take over from the federally-run VA. Yet no one has asked veterans what they think.
Read moreConsumers League warns teens about summer jobs that can kill
June 10, 2016"Always follow safety training. Working safely and carefully may slow you down, but ignoring safe work procedures is a fast track to injury."
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