There's been a torrent of activity in Washington lately. We have seen the start of the 119th Congress, with Republicans retaining the House of Representatives in the slimmest majority in nearly a ...

Ski shop workers at an REI in New York City went on strike after the company took away their respirators. Scenes from the REI ...

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in ...

On December 19, 2024, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board unanimously approved a proposal to make permanent amendments to its regulation ...

“We are glad to see the COVID rule is officially rescinded ... “Many of the requirements in the OSHA ETS are already in place in most senior living communities. We urge OSHA to take into ...

Facing a health emergency that echoes the distressing days of the Covid-19 pandemic, China is grappling with a new challenge as it battles the spread of multiple viruses, including the human ...

Neighbouring regions are actively monitoring the virus spread. As respiratory illnesses alarmingly increase in China, there are complaints of congested hospitals and overburdened healthcare ...

The COVID-19 pandemic was five years ago but the virus continues to circulate among global populations—could that change in 2025? The experts think not. In fact, three experts told Newsweek that ...

Five years on from the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, here’s what we know and what mysteries still remain. We don’t know. Scientists think the most likely scenario is that it circulated in ...

China is dealing with an outbreak of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV), five years after the Covid-19 pandemic. Reports and social media posts suggest that the virus is spreading rapidly ...

Reuters reported that respiratory diseases are expected to rise during winter, prompting authorities to establish protocols for handling unknown pathogens, a contrast to the early Covid-19 response.

But this theory has not been proven for the virus that causes COVID-19. Wuhan is home to several research labs involved in collecting and studying coronaviruses, fueling debate over whether the ...