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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Stobbe

Hundreds of laid-off researchers at US workplace safety center are being reinstated

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Federal officials are reinstating hundreds of U.S. health workers who were laid off last year from a small health agency that aims to protect workers.

In April, President Donald Trump's administration gutted the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, where scientists, engineers and others conduct research and recommend ways to prevent work-related injury, illness, disability and death.

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