Noah Seixas
March 6, 2020
Millions of US workers at risk of infections on the job, UW researchers calculate, emphasizing need to protect against COVID-19
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A University of Washington researcher calculates that 14.4 million workers face exposure to infection once a week and 26.7 million at least once a month in the workplace, pointing to an important population needing protection as the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, continues to break out across the U.S. Marissa Baker, an assistant professor in the…
September 26, 2019
Pay, flexibility, advancement: They all matter for workers’ health and safety, study shows
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The terms and conditions of your employment — including your pay, hours, schedule flexibility and job security — influence your overall health as well as your risk of being injured on the job, according to new research from the University of Washington. The analysis takes a comprehensive approach to show that the overall pattern of…