Health and Public Safety
November 5, 2009 -
Employers' sick-leave p
November 3, 2009 -
Wal-Mart's policy of punishing workers for taking sick leave risks spreading swine flu.
October 30, 2009 -
Environmental justice leaders representing more than a dozen polluted communities from six Southern states met with Environmental Protection Agency leaders this week and asked them to take action to better protect the health of low-income communities and communities of color.
October 28, 2009 -
The H1N1 flu virus that's now infecting people in more than 190 countries around the globe -- and that's responsible for the reported deaths of nearly 5,000 people worldwide, including high numbers of children in the southern U.S. -- is believed to have begun in a pig.
October 27, 2009 -
Nearly every state in the country is reporting "elevated" cases of flu, including the H1N1 swine flu.
