Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis bacteria. (Credit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). VOA
Drug-resistant “superbug” infections have been called a developing nightmare that make conquered germs once again untreatable.US
So there’s some surprising news in a federal report released Wednesday: U.S. superbug deaths appear to be going down.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated about 36,000 Americans died from drug-resistant infections in 2017. That’s down 18% from 2013.
So there’s some surprising news in a federal report released Wednesday: U.S. superbug deaths appear to be going down. Pixabay
Officials credit an intense effort in hospitals to control the spread of particularly dangerous infections.
But while deaths are going down, the report says infections overall increased nationally. And while superbugs mainly have been considered a hospital problem, they are appearing much more often elsewhere. (VOA)
"Four of our colleagues took a stand and organised for a better workplace. This is explicitly condoned in Google's Code of Conduct, which ends: 'And remember... don't be evil, and if you see something that you think isn't right -- speak up.' When they did, Google retaliated against them," the employee activist group wrote in the blog post
The US government has launched a probe into Google over its labour practices following a complaint from four employees who have been fired by the tech giant.
The four workers who filed a lawsuit against the company last week, claimed they were fired from Google for engaging in legally protected labour organizing, reports CNN Business.
The National Labor Relations Board has begun a formal probe into the complaint.
The tech giant has been accused of “union busting” and retaliatory behaviour after it sacked four employees for allegedly violating the company’s data security policies.
In a statement, Google said it dismissed four individuals who were engaged in intentional and often repeated violations of its longstanding data security policies.
US begins probe into Google’s labour practices. Pixabay
“No one has been dismissed for raising concerns or debating the company’s activities,” said the company on Monday.
Google is in the midst of controversy over its strained relationship with employees.
In an earlier blog post on Medium, an employee activist group, “Google Walkout for Real Change”, said that the company is illegally retaliating against prospective union organisers.
“Four of our colleagues took a stand and organised for a better workplace. This is explicitly condoned in Google’s Code of Conduct, which ends: ‘And remember… don’t be evil, and if you see something that you think isn’t right — speak up.’ When they did, Google retaliated against them,” the employee activist group wrote in the blog post.
The new CEO of Alphabet Sundar Pichai faces extreme challenges as Google stares at several high-profile external probes into its alleged anti-trust market and data practices — from the US to the European Union regulators — including internal tensions with staff over discrimination at work and HR transparency. (IANS)
