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Meatpacking plants have been major hot spots for the virus.

A coronavirus outbreak at the Farmer John pork processing plant in Los Angeles County that began nearly a year ago has been the focus of two state investigations.

The Daily Yonder How a Federal Program Is Filling an Education Gap for Rural Migrant Students During the Pandemic Many migrant workers and their families rely on the Migrant Education Program to help students access school work. The pandemic has made it even more challenging. This story was published in partnership with Southerl This story also appeared in Southerly Linda Traylor got custody of her six grandchildren so they could stay put. Stability and the fact that they liked the schools in Flemingsburg, Kentucky, was important. Their father, who worked on tobacco and horse...

Dozens of COVID-19 infections shut down Detroit Whole Foods On Tuesday, February 23, a Whole Foods location in the Midtown neighborhood of Detroit temporarily shut down and asked customers to leave. Shortly after, Detroit’s chief public health officer Denise Fair confirmed a massive outbreak at the store in a press release, urging residents who had visited the location between February 12 and 22 to quarantine and monitor symptoms. Twenty-three of 196 employees tested positive for COVID-19. One worker told the local Metro Times that employees receive updates about co-workers’ positive te...

The review comes in response to a call from Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), who asked the inspectors general of the USDA and Department of Labor in August to determine whether actions by the Trump administration helped spread the coronavirus amongst workers at the plants.