Four JBS Foods USA subsidiaries and affiliates have agreed to assemble a team of company and third-party experts to implement an infectious disease preparedness plan for seven of its meat processing facilities, according to the Department of Labor Friday.

A federal appeals court in Chicago will hear oral arguments in an Indiana doctor’s bid to block a health-care system from requiring that workers get vaccinated against Covid-19 despite religious objections.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is pressing Congress to renew child nutrition waivers by next month, when millions of children will no longer qualify for free school meals during summer vacation.

Lawmakers will have to renegotiate a Covid-19 therapeutics and vaccine funding deal because billions of dollars designated as offsets have already been spent, key senators said.

The widespread adoption of remote work across the US has left local employers learning to compete with out-of-state companies offering big-city salaries.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to simplify the Covid-19 hospital data it collects as the demands of the pandemic evolve and some assembled information has become outdated or redundant.