The first report on smoking and health was released Jan. 11, 1964. Since then, no other issue has engaged the U.S. surgeons general more than smoking.
The organization publishes the results following a public presentation in Endicott, NY.
The agency approves Farxiga tablets, designed to help glycemic control.
A national campaign started in 133 VA long-term care facilities four years ago reduced them by 36 percent, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
The city of Los Angeles' Attorney's Office has sued AllenCo Energy.
The agency will host a meeting to present the results of a health study done on former workers at an IBM facility.
The new semiannual regulatory agenda updates OSHA's plans for the injury and illness prevention program rule.
Two significant OSHA rulemaking actions took center stage in late 2013, which may be remembered as a milestone year for recordkeeping changes. Also, DOL issued a rule that makes direct care workers eligible for overtime and minimum wage protection.
Poudre Valley Hospital is recommending the testing for 210 former patients who were treated in its intensive care unit between Sept. 1, 2011, and Aug. 28, 2012. A former employee suspected of diverting prescription painkillers may have put them at risk of exposure.
The agency's latest labor force and employment projections assume the economy will have reached full employment by that year.
The defendant "showed up with visible cuts and other injuries that he claimed to have suffered in construction accidents from November 2012 through February 2013" and talked medical staffers into treating him and prescribing the drugs, according to the Washington state Department of Labor & Industries.
The product named Mass Destruction contains at least one synthetic anabolic steroid and has been linked to one case of a user’s liver failure.
The FDA proposed a new rule designed to determine both the safety and effectiveness of antibacterial hand soap and body washes.
The study found people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are about twice as likely to develop mild cognitive impairment.
It requires accredited hospitals and critical access hospitals to improve the safety of their clinical alarm systems and is being implemented in two phases.
The drug, which is currently the industry’s best hope for treating Alzheimer’s, moves to big trials.
Rona Ambrose, the country's minister of health, introduced the government's new patient safety legislation on Dec. 6.
Linear LLC has recalled about 48,000 of the Personal Emergency Reporting Systems (PERS) transmitters, which are components of Linear PERS products. The user pushes a button on the transmitter to summon assistance.
Sovaldi is the third drug with breakthrough therapy designation to receive FDA's approval.
Five floors, three housing a total of 69 patient care units, will be added to the Mary Brigh East Building, the organization announced Dec. 2.