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The push to vaccinate meat-packing plants workers
Workers in meatpacking factories and livestock farms that supply them are among the hardest hit by COVID-19. Nationwide, at least 50,000 meatpackers have been infected and some 250 lost their lives. But things may finally be looking better for them. Special correspondent Fred De Sam Lazaro reports on efforts to get them vaccinated for his series, Agents for Change.
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The global health system can build back better after US aid cuts – here’s how
Steep cuts in US government funding have thrown much of the field of global health into a state of fear and uncertainty.
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Sacramento Report: Five Bills We’re Watching
When California legislators come back from summer recess in a couple weeks, it will be crunch time to get their proposals passed.
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Sorting Out Covid Vaccine Confusion: New and Conflicting Federal Policies Raise Questions - KFF Health News
Should you get vaccinated? Will your insurer pay for it? And will you still be able to find a vaccine? KFF Health News tries to sort out where things stand.
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“Seniors Safe At Home” Homeless Prevention Program Gets Funding Boost
Philanthropic groups pitch in $700,000 to continue “shallow rent subsidies” that keep the elderly from becoming unsheltered
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