WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The American Federation of Teachers issued the following news release on April 28: AFT members from around the country have filed 40 Occupational Safety and Health Administration complaints as part of a "Do Your Job OSHA" National Day of Action to highlight the agency's refusal to investigate employers placing workers at grave risk of infection and death from the coronavirus. The complaints across 10 states--New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Ohio, Wisconsin, Montana, O  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 30 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: The Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies has failed to properly manage the conservation program for the highly imperiled lesser prairie chicken, wasting funds on an unneeded building in Idaho and wrongfully paying staff salaries out of the program's endowment, according to a third-party audit of WAFWA's efforts. WAFWA acknowledges the audit of the program, administered on behalf of  more

SPRINGFIELD, Oregon, May 2 -- PeaceHealth issued the following news: PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend was awarded an 'A' in the spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing RiverBend's achievements providing safer health care. The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety. The Safety Grade is a letter grade assigned to all general hospitals across the country and updated every  more

BEAVERTON, Oregon, April 29 -- Sexual Abuse, a journal that says it provides a forum for clinical and theoretical aspects of sexual abuse from the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2020 edition: * Differentiating Individuals Convicted of Sexual Offenses: A Two-Country Latent Class Analysis * On the Effectiveness of Sexual Offender Treatment in Prisons: A Comparison of Two Different Evaluation Designs in Routine Prac  more