
Amy Maxmen
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Public Health Editor and Correspondent at Kaiser Family Foundation
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1 week ago |
postandcourier.com | Amy Maxmen
Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation’s bird flu strategy, public health workers say. Dairy and poultry workers have accounted for most cases of the bird flu in the U.S. — and preventing and detecting cases among them is key to averting a pandemic. But public health specialists say they’re struggling to reach farmworkers because many are terrified to talk with strangers or to leave home.
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californiahealthline.org | Amy Maxmen
Las agresivas tácticas de deportación han aterrorizado a los trabajadores agrícolas, que son el centro de la estrategia nacional contra la gripe aviar, según afirman trabajadores de salud pública. Los trabajadores de las industrias láctea y avícola han representado la mayoría de los casos de gripe aviar en el país, y prevenir y detectar los casos entre ellos es clave para evitar una pandemia.
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thebrunswicknews.com | Amy Maxmen
By Amy Maxmen, KFF Health News Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation's bird flu strategy, public health workers say. Dairy and poultry workers have accounted for most cases of the bird flu in the U.S. - and preventing and detecting cases among them is key to averting a pandemic. But public health specialists say they're struggling to reach farmworkers because many are terrified to talk with strangers or to leave home.
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charlotteobserver.com | Amy Maxmen
Egg supplies have plummeted this year as farmers have culled flocks infected in the ongoing bird flu outbreak in the U.S. (Lydia Zuraw/KFF Health News/TNS) TNS Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation's bird flu strategy, public health workers say. Dairy and poultry workers have accounted for most cases of the bird flu in the U.S. - and preventing and detecting cases among them is key to averting a pandemic.
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dailyitem.com | Amy Maxmen
Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation’s bird flu strategy, public health workers say. Dairy and poultry workers have accounted for most cases of the bird flu in the U.S. — and preventing and detecting cases among them is key to averting a pandemic. But public health specialists say they’re struggling to reach farmworkers because many are terrified to talk with strangers or to leave home. kAm“!6@A=6 2C6 G6CJ D42C65 E@ 8@ @FE[ 6G6?
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