Complaint may spur review of meat industry s virus response
JOSH FUNK, Associated Press
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) A union complaint about whether an Oklahoma meatpacking plant is doing enough to protect workers from the coronavirus could test the industry s response to the pandemic because Seaboard Foods says it is following recommendations from the government and trade groups.
The local United Food and Commercial Workers union filed a complaint this week with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration about the Seaboard Foods pork processing plant in Guymon, Oklahoma. The union says Seaboard should be doing more to promote social distancing at the plant and to encourage workers exposed to the coronavirus to stay home from work.
Maxwell Bernstein | April 7, 2021
Climate change will increase the damage from drought, flooding, air pollution, and toxic algae in the Midwest and also, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has found that the number of storms causing $1 billion or more are increasing Peter Thorne, the head of the University of Iowa’s Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, said in an interview with the Iowa Capital Dispatch.
As the climate changes, Iowans’ health will be affected. Iowans with hay fever will have their symptoms increase and pests such as the Lone star tick will become more common in Iowa, which can increase the spread of tick-borne diseases.
Can your unvaccinated children visit family indoors? What you should know
At this point of the pandemic, the idea of visiting extended family again may be a bright spot after a dark year.
Some people have been vaccinated against coronavirus, but the risks associated with spending time around others outside of your household haven’t been fully eradicated.
“The tough part is that right now, I think that we all still need to be vigilant in everything we do, whether we’re vaccinated or not,” said Dr. Ada Stewart, a family physician with Cooperative Health in Columbia, South Carolina, and the president of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
New Study from The Fenway Institute, MGH Shows Discrimination, Stigma, and Family Pressure Drive “Detransition” Among Transgender People
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Study suggests that stigma and discrimination are obstacles to safely living in one’s gender identity and expression
These findings show that detransition and transition regret are not synonymous, despite the two phenomena being frequently conflated in the media and in political debates. BOSTON (PRWEB) April 07, 2021 A new study published in LGBT Health found that 13.1% of currently identified transgender people have detransitioned at some point in their lives, but that 82.5% of those who have detransitioned attribute their decision to at least one external factor such as pressure from family, non-affirming school environments, and increased vulnerability to violence, including sexual assault. The study was authored by researchers at The Fenway Institute and