It responds to the recent lifting of a yearlong moratorium on research on the avian influenza virus.
Its summary indicates as many as 5 million people worldwide are bitten by snakes per year and 4.5 million people in the United States alone are bitten by dogs annually. Worldwide annual human deaths from rabies are estimated at 55,000.
NEOSSat (the Near-Earth Object Surveillance Satellite) is the world's first space telescope dedicated to detecting and tracking asteroids and satellites, according to the Canadian Space Agency.
EU-OSHA and OSHA in the United States both have new documents available addressing safe work with these materials.
The seven-part documentary is the first to be made about the nightclub fire, and episode 1 premiered on the 10th anniversary of that tragic event.
Also honored Feb. 22 during the National Hearing Conservation Association's annual conference was Dangerous Decibels®, a hearing loss and tinnitus intervention program.
It notifies the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center of violations for failing to protect workers who were researching a bacterium that can cause meningitis.
The company conducted a multi-year conspiracy to hide salmonella contamination in products.
The operations that are the most at risk due to water scarcity are the smaller, less-diversified ones.
The employees were killed in a combustible dust flash fire at the worksite.
The law enforcement officers and firefighters saved lives, in several cases losing their own lives in the process, during hostage standoffs, house fires, violent domestic disputes, and an inmate's attempted escape.
Both Vanity Fair and Engineering News-Record have recognized NYC Department of Buildings Assistant Commissioner of Engineering and Emergency Operations Michael Alacha, and VF also recognized Acting Assistant Commissioner of Investigative Engineering Services Timothy Lynch.
Transocean Ltd. will pay $1.4 billion in penalties related to the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon rig.
The case involves time spent by U.S. Steel workers to put on and later take off protective clothing, hard hats, ear plugs, boots, and hoods and also traveling from locker rooms to their workstations.
The National Safety Council estimates there were around 36,200 traffic-related fatalities last year.
The National Institute of Justice plans to issue a report on the availability and use of safety technologies.
The case before U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier apparently will go to trial after all. Phase one will determine the causes of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and who should be held responsible.