In Concord, N.H., U.S. Attorney John Kacavas announced David Kwiatkowski, 33, has been indicted and charged with seven counts of tampering with a consumer product and seven counts of obtaining controlled substances by fraud.
The American Nurses Association's Safe Patient Handling and Mobility National Standards Working Group is seeking public comments on it by 5 p.m. EST Nov. 30.
Both Scott Kelly, an American, and Mikhail Kornienko, a Russian, have spent a total of about six months aboard the station during previous missions.
People passing by, cleaning, or working near designated smoking areas in five large U.S. airports are exposed to secondhand smoke, according to the study.
IRSST conducted the study and produced a report with recommendations for choosing the best gloves for a given task.
"The Office of Rural Health Policy is the voice of rural America within HHS. Their relationship with officials and providers within these communities offers us a better understanding of needs on the ground and informs the decisions we make at the federal level," HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said.
The site's social media dashboard, "Say it - Share it," provides real-time updates from HHS' tobacco-related social media accounts, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Infographics, podcasts, and Tumblr.
To assist construction companies with insurance issues, AIG is offering a new program that provides OSHA-specific legal assistance.
A subpoena ordered Barry Cadden, president and co-owner of the New England Compounding Center, to appear at the Nov. 14 hearing and testify.
The Guilford, Conn.-based manufacturer of AEDs and other resuscitation equipment will continue to operate independently as a wholly owned subsidiary of Delaware-based Resuscitation Solution Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Nihon Kohden.
The state of Florida has appealed a lower court decision to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
How The Avalon Effect Inc. of Franklin, Tenn., has marketed its Quantum Series Personal Wellness Pack prompted the Nov. 5 letter, according to the agency.
The 85-3 Campaign is encouraging employers to adopt lower decibel standards in an effort to prevent noise-induced hearing loss.
All EU member states face a May 2013 deadline to implement a directive spelling out how to assess risks of sharps injuries and implement appropriate controls.
The New Orleans EMS received the 2012 Dick Ferneau Paid EMS Service of the Year Award at last week’s conference.
A Massachusetts company is contesting two citations it received following an April inspection.
U.S. Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., said he will introduce his legislation Nov. 2.
"Prevention and Wellness Across the Life Span" was the theme of the 140th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association last month. One keynote speaker, Dr. Reed V. Tuckson, spoke of "a tsunami ... a tidal wave of preventable illness [that is] coming into a delivery system that we cannot afford."
Ameridose LLC is a sister company to the New England Compouding Center (NECC), which produced contaminated injectable steroid drugs that have been linked to 29 deaths and 377 cases thus far.
Our best bet is to layer multiple preventive strategies. If one is less than effective, others can fill the breach.