The agency has announced proposed revisions to the Worker Protection Standard for agricultural workers exposed to pesticides.
The study provides insight into the training and safety awareness of health care workers who routinely are exposed to several specific hazardous agents.
The two agencies are holding monthly teleconferences about pharmacovigilance issues, and Health Canada and the Japanese Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency are participating as observers.
The Bay Area Rapid Transit agency and Contra Costa Health Services say anyone who used the transit system from Tuesday, Feb. 4 to Friday, Feb. 7 during the morning commute hours and late evening may have been exposed to measles.
The agency announced a call for abstracts for the first annual International Symposium to Advance Total Worker Health.
The agency has announced the comment period for the proposed rule will close March 10.
The American Red Cross is asking Americans to give blood to make up for the blood drives cancelled by the storm affecting the East Coast.
The three-day event for Grainger's customers has grown large enough for the exhibits to occupy two halls in the Orange County Convention Center's West Building.
The total statewide was 202 as of Feb. 7, and 41 other deaths are under investigation but not yet confirmed as influenza-related. During the entire 2012-2013 flu season, there were 106 flu deaths in California.
The three newly approved models bring the total of approved devices to 23.
"The Real Cost" campaign aims to educate children and teens ages 12-17.
These are the three of the top issues likely to be on states’ legislative and regulatory agendas this year, according to AIHA government affairs Director Aaron Trippler's forecast.
The report says the estimated cost of infectious diseases in the United States exceeds $120 billion annually.
Ranking Democrat on the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, he has played a leading role in enacting major environmental and health laws for decades.
The Xinhua news agency reported China has banned trading of live birds in some regions as the number of infections and deaths has increased.
They have a high potential for abuse, no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, and a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision. This action is a precursor to permanent listing.
Mayo Clinic researchers performed a meta-analysis of 36 studies involving 1.9 million patients with acute myocardial infarction. They found differences in mortality between those arriving at the hospital in off-hours and regular hours have increased in recent years.
The federal agency's most recent FluView report indicates flu activity is high overall across the country and will remain so for some time.
The agency released a study that found long-haul truck drivers are twice as likely to be obese when compared to the rest of the working population.
Resources available on the site, www.osha.gov/hospitals, will dovetail with efforts hospitals already are making to prevent worker injuries from patient moving, slips and falls, needlesticks, and more.