Keynote speakers include Hillary Clinton and CNN journalist Fareed Zakaria as more than 15,000 attendees meet at McCormick Place to discuss hot-button issues ranging from immigration reform to implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
The late senator from New Jersey worked with another member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, conservative Republican David Vitter, on the Chemical Safety Improvement Act, introduced just two weeks ago.
This age group is at a higher fire risk than the rest of the population, and high-frequency smoke alarms in many existing homes are a problem, it says.
Dr. Bentley J. Bobrow discusses the lessons for employers in a study that involved resuscitation training and AEDs that provide real-time CPR feedback.
Ornge, which provides air medical service in Ontario, confirmed there were no survivors when the helicopter crashed May 31.
The iTrace for Blood Centers device is the first to use Radio Frequency Identification technology, according to the agency.
The regulations implement a European Directive and build on already existing Health and Safety Executive rules.
These notices must be given out prior to Oct. 1, 2013.
Breo Ellipta has been approved for long-term, once-daily maintenance treatment of airflow obstruction in patients.
It addresses the various hazards encountered in group homes, such as infectious diseases, slips and falls, and patient lifting injuries.
The agency's proposed order would require labels that include a recommendation warning young people not to use them.
The May 9 hearing follows introduction of a bill by four members of the committee to clarify state and federal authorities' oversight responsibilities.
The first meeting of representatives from 16 occupational medical societies took place last week at ACOEM's annual meeting. They agreed the estimated 270 million occupational accidents and 160 million occupationally related diseases annually around the world make the case for societies to share resources and information.
The agency urges patients to participate in hand hygiene to encourage overall safety.
Standing outside the pharmacy, what should have been recognized as warning signs became boldly obvious and I felt embarrassment for thinking, just 10 minutes prior, that I felt fine.
"We have always had a one-size-fits-all approach, blanketing a whole area with CPR training, and we assume that will get to everyone," said Dr. Comilla Sasson, M.D., MS, the statement's lead author.
The agency also highlighted the threat of antimalarial drug resistance in the Greater Mekong subregion, where the emergency response has begun.
Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, M.D., says the site is an interactive tool for educating patients, patient advocates, and consumers on how medications and medical devices "move from the realm of idea to the realm of the marketplace."
"Emergency systems everywhere should aspire to be Boston strong," the magazine's editorial states.
The Oklahoma State Department of Health and the Tulsa Health Department announced the first round of results April 18 from testing completed on 3,122 people who had been patients of W. Scott Harrington's dental surgical practice.