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Study shows construction workers and correctional workers have the highest positive rate for Covid-19

A recent study of 730,000 Covid tests found that workers in the construction industry had the highest positive rate of all workers in any industry including healthcare workers. The study was conducted in Los Angeles between August and October by the testing firm Curative. Each person that was tested was…

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The National Traffic Safety Administration is falling asleep at the wheel

The National Highway Safety Administration was created 50 years ago in an effort to curb the number of Americans dying or getting injured in car crashes. Its role was to create safety standards for motor vehicles, supervise recalls in case of defects, educate people and conduct research on traffic safety…

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Food Emporium worker killed in elevator accident

A worker died in an elevator accident at a Manhattan grocery store last week. 49 year old Maria Sanchez, a mother of four children who worked two jobs to support her family and her mom in Mexico City was killed by an elevator that was illegally installed in the building…

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Ithaca construction workers falls 5 stories into dumpster and survives

A NY construction worker who fell 45 to 50 feet from a roof survived after he fell in a dumpster full of debris. The 37-year-old man was working on a construction site located at 709 West Court in Ithaca, NY. The accident occurred just after 5:00 PM. The worker who…

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How the corporate dialysis industry is preventing patients to get kidney transplants so they keep their profit highs

The corporate dialysis industry is resorting to unethical tactics and medical malpractice to prevent patients getting the kidney transplant they need to survive and to keep them on dialysis for years. As a result, many patients who had to go to dialysis centers several times a week during the pandemic,…

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Family seriously injured in Long Island carbon monoxide accident

A woman and two children suffered carbon monoxide poisoning last week in Dix Hills, Suffolk County, NY. The accident occurred at a residential home located on Pineland Court.  A crew of workers were doing some roofing work while a mother and her two children were inside the house. The roofers…

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NYC Driver recklessly plows into group of protesters injuring 6 (see video)

6 pedestrians were injured in Manhattan after a driver plowed into a group of protesters last week (see video below). 52 year old Kathleen Casillo, from Queens, was driving a 2019 BMW Sedan near the intersection of 39th Street and Third Ave when she crossed road with a group of…

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A cyclist and pedestrian died in Harlem this week-end in two separate accidents

A bicyclist died after being struck by a truck in Harlem, New York on Friday morning around 8:30 am The driver of the truck was driving illegally on the bus-only lane on First Avenue near 118th Street when he  struck the 41 year old bicyclist. The police also mentioned that…

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Two essential workers killed in reckless hit and run car accident in Brooklyn, NYC

Two women car pooling to work were killed after their car was T-boned by a speeding driver who blew a red light in East New York. The fatal car accident took place at the intersection of Flatlands Ave and Pennsylvania Av. Sandra Liberice and Nerlye Sainvil were car pooling together…

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