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Metrorail system still has work to do on safety, board says Justin George Metro’s safety culture came under scrutiny Tuesday as investigators disclosed that track workers were left vulnerable to train traffic or electric shock and other employees feared reprisal for raising concerns about safety. The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission, an independent panel Congress created three years ago to monitor safety at the transit agency, issued findings at its meeting from thr...

by Katie Paterson and Gayle Ritchie January 23 2021, 11.00am © Supplied Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Our photo archives contain a goldmine of images recording events both great and small in Tayside, Fife and beyond. In our weekly series, Katie Paterson and Gayle Ritchie bring you 10 photos that were in the news exactly ...

Two Boston researchers credited with creating a coronavirus vaccine and a coronavirus diagnostic tool will launch a new project to understand the inner workings of the disease, thanks to a $5 million gift from Elon Musk’s charitable foundation.

Government Executive Get the latest on need-to-know topics for federal employees delivered to your inbox. email Chemical Safety Board is ‘Withering Away,’ Says Environmental Group  The organization hopes the Biden administration will do more to protect workers and communities with industrial plants, but the agency says its fully engaged in its mission.  Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility released a report on Thursday, first shared with Government Exec...

-Submitted photo Jason Powell, left, a paramedic with the Chicago Fire Department, and his father, retired Chicago firefighter Jack Powell, display some of the pheasants they bagged during a weekend hunt in the Fort Dodge area. They were invited to the area to hunt in a gesture intended to thank them for their service. A couple of Fort Dodge firefighters joined the hunt on Sunday. The outing was organized by Jim Kersten, of Fort Dodge, and his former college roommate, Doug Aller, of Chicago...

bshea@messengernews.net Some Chicago firefighters will try to bag some birds this weekend during a pheasant hunt in the Fort Dodge area that was organized to show appreciation for their service. They will be joined by members of the Webster County Chapter of Pheasants Forever and some Fort Dodge firefighters. It was hoped that Terry Branstad, the former Iowa governor who became the American ambassador to China, could join as well, but he indicated on Friday he could not make the trip. The conc...

Experience in early hotspots shows need for collaboration, coordination   Bruce Walker, the Phillip T. and Susan M. Ragon Professor of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and co-director of MassCPR, gave a brief overview of the unprecedented, rapid development of vaccines for SARS-CoV-2, noting that many have wondered how the vaccines can have been developed so quickly without compromising safety. “The answers to that are not due to cutting corners but really to tremendous sci...

An influential panel of independent scientists advised the Food and Drug Administration to authorize the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech.

For both of us and executive county executive bruce walker. it was an invasion of privacy immediately. once you finish reading the requested bare graph your instant reaction is this is a complete invasion of privacy. and with social media and social networks and computer technology being what it is today we realized quickly that this would -- information would just be -- just too much out in cyber and there would be too much exposure. >> well, right decision, obviously. what has been the reactio...

far tonight no trouble reported like the near riot conditions that broke out last night. these penn state students ran wild wednesday night overturning a news van, throwing stones and breaking windows doesnt. it was all triggered by the firing of football coach joe paterno for failing to notify legal authorities when he was told former assistant coach jerry sandusky sexually abused young boys, some in a penn state football shower facility. . >> we all patched the feed from the board of...