Biden Administration Takes Steps to Implement Brown, Padilla, Warren Plan to Protect Workers from Heat Hazards Amid Rising Temperatures

 

Action from OSHA Begins Process to Consider Heat-Specific Workplace Rule Based on Senators’ Bill; Senators Urged the Biden-Harris Administration to Protect Workers in High-Heat Environments as Climate Change Gives Rise to Record-Breaking Temperatures

WASHINGTON, DC – The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced plans to begin implementing U.S.

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Columbus School Teacher Arrested by Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Columbus Division of Police Chief Elaine Bryant today announced the arrest of a Columbus City Schools Northland High School teacher by the Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force.

Robert Pea, 60, of Columbus, was arrested this morning and is charged with one count of compelling prostitution, a felony of the third-degree.Read full story

NIH, FDA and 15 Private Organizations Join Forces to Increase Effective Gene Therapies for Rare Diseases

The National Institutes of Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 10 pharmaceutical companies and five non-profit organizations have partnered to accelerate development of gene therapies for the 30 million Americans who suffer from a rare disease. While there are approximately 7,000 rare diseases, only two heritable diseases currently have FDA-approved gene therapies.… Read full story

Men With Breast Cancer Need More Treatment Options and Access to Genetic Counseling

 

Although breast cancer is a disease usually associated with women, men can get it too.

Because male breast cancer is rare, there is very limited information on how to treat men diagnosed with the disease.

“In the absence of better information to guide us, we tend to treat men with breast cancer the same way we treat women,” says Tatiana M.… Read full story