Under an agreement announced Monday with New York, Equifax Information Services, Experian Information Solutions and TransUnion—the three biggest companies that collect and disseminate credit information on more than 200 million Americans—will change the way they handle errors and list unpaid medical bills as part of the broadest industry overhaul in more than a decade. The plan [...]
Abebie’s Numbers – Onu Ogugu
Read about this author’s quest to keep her culture alive through children’s books. ”My goal with this series was to create a fun, colorful and engaging book for young people to learn Igbo. Igbo is a language spoken in the eastern part of Nigeria. Growing up in Nigeria, I was exposed to Igbo on a [...]
HOW TO PROTECT EMPLOYEES DURING HOT WEATHER
A Cal/OSHA case study of the heat-related fatalities that occurred in 2006 in California found that 63 percent of supervisors had not been educated on how to prevent heat illness. Often, the symptoms are overlooked or ignored by both supervisors and the employees themselves. Len Welsh, acting chief of Cal/OSHA stated “It’s important that employers [...]
Who is at Risk for Lead Poisoning?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “today at least 4 million households have children living in them that are being exposed to lead. There are approximately half a million U.S. children ages 1-5 with blood lead levels above 5 micrograms per deciliter (µg/dL), the reference level at which CDC recommends public [...]