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COVID-19 Outbreaks Among Food Production Workers May Intensify Pandemic's Disproportionate Effects on People of Color

To estimate the number of youth in United States who have been or will be left motherless by human immunodeficiency virus/acquired syndrome (HIV/AIDS) epidemic, order to project need for family supports, age-appropriate foster and congregate care, mental health social services.Orphans are defined as whose mothers (the usual caregiving parent) die HIV/AIDS-related causes. A mathematical model was constructed such youth. Cumulative fertility rates were applied reported AIDS deaths (1981...

<b>David Michaels</b>, <b>Emily A Spieler</b>, and <b>Gregory R Wagner</b> consider how covid-19 affected frontline workers in the US what needs to be done ensure they are better protected future

Millions of US workers are seriously injured on the job annually. These injuries have a significant and deleterious impact workers, their families, communities. The limitations historical work injury surveillance systems constrained research into distribution determinants efforts to improve allocation limited prevention resources. Most data sets suffer from fail include sizable proportion injuries. In recent years, Occupational Safety Health Administration has begun collect make available...

Trauma care has improved substantially in the last decade. The emphasis of Golden Hour trauma encouraged creation faster transport and earlier prehospital intervention. Despite clear time-saving advantage helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) held over ground ambulances (GAs) past, advances decade have created uncertainty as to whether HEMS is still associated with patient outcomes. We aimed determine air transportation was better outcomes compared transportation. hypothesized that...

The passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1970 brought unprecedented changes in US workplaces, activities Administration (OSHA) have contributed to a significant reduction work-related deaths, injuries, illnesses. Despite this, millions workers are injured annually, thousands killed.To reduce toll, OSHA needs greater resources, new standard-setting process, increased civil criminal penalties, full coverage for all workers, stronger whistleblower protections. Workers should not be...

The strategy of "manufacturing uncertainty" has been used with great success by polluters and manufacturers dangerous products to oppose public health environmental regulation. This entails questioning the validity scientific evidence on which regulation is based. While this approach most identified tobacco industry, it producers asbestos, benzene, beryllium, chromium, diesel exhaust, lead, plastics, other hazardous avoid occupational It also central debate global warming. now so common that...

This Viewpoint discusses the areas on which US needs to improve its public health infrastructure in order reduce COVID-19 transmission and achieve a "new normal": testing, surveillance, masking, ventilation.

This Viewpoint examines some of the missteps during COVID-19 pandemic to protect health care workers and how use lessons from those mistakes for future pandemics.

Driving a bus in urban areas is considered to be highly stressful occupation, one which also involves exposure air pollutants generated by motor vehicles. In order investigate the potential health hazards associated with this causes of dath 376 New York City drivers were studied. Analyses proportionate mortality found significant excess due ischaemic heart disease both races combined (proportionate ratio PMR = 1.23), and among 58 non-white (PMR 1.72). A significantly elevated risk death from...

Occupational Health is increasingly recognized as an area of importance in Latin American public health. In the agricultural sector region, concentration arable land into large holdings devoted to production export crops has resulted formation a migrant work force and greatly increased use pesticides. The manufacturing America grown rapidly size importance. Throughout continent, increasing numbers workers are employed high-hazard industrial jobs. Limited studies occupational disease...

Data from three cross-sectional samples of inmates in the New York City correctional system (N= 299, 236, and 151) were analyzed to determine prevalence homelessness among detainees. One-fourth one-third each sample had been homeless at some time during two months before arrest, 20 percent primary 299 night arrest. Further analysis showed that was strongly associated with mental illness: 50 those who ever past years responded positively least one illness screening question, compared 25...

This exploratory study examined the mortality experience of a cohort newspaper printers in order to investigate effects low-level exposure lead. In this industry, historic lead levels have been below current US permissible level (PEL) 50μg/m3. The population was 1261 typesetters, employed 1961 and followed until end 1984; convenience, assembled as comparison for different study. Standardized ratios (SMRs) were calculated using New York City rates. all-cause SMR 0.74, significantly from 1.00....

It is widely recognized that pharmaceutical marketing contributed to the ongoing US opioid epidemic, but less understood about how industry used scientific evidence generate product demand, shape regulation, and change clinician behavior. In this qualitative study, we characterize select articles by support safety effectiveness claims use a novel database, Opioid Industry Documents Archive, determine notable elements of non-industry documents citing advance each claim. We found 15 were...

The fire and explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig resulted in an enormous spill that threatened large distances coastline. overall response was led by United States Coast Guard involved company BP, federal agencies, state local governments five states.The Occupational Safety Health Administration National Institute for focused extensive resources on ensuring BP its contractors provided safe working conditions thousands workers response. Federal personnel visited worksites daily,...