The number of people potentially exposed to hepatitis C by an infected contract worker is expanding.
The design firm Perkins+Will released it Aug. 8, with a leader of the firm's sustainability efforts calling the asthmagens a "lurking public health threat."
The state Department of Public Safety announced the initiative Aug. 2.
On Aug. 3, the agency reported 12 new cases in Hawaii, Ohio, and Indiana.
The National Academy of Social Insurance reported it resulted mainly from a 2.1 percent drop in medical benefits for injured workers.
The new program will award up to 1,000 CPR Anytime kits to each of five cities, the American Heart Association announced.
The World Health Organization has published a report on public health challenges from mass gatherings, focused mainly on the UK health system's preparations for the London games. The NHS also offers tips for visitors.
"The magnetic field of the MR scanner creates a very hazardous environment, and it is important that all personnel have a basic understanding of MR safety," said Russell Blanchard, media manager at Falck Alford Productions.
Expanded testing would include 6,000 people who were treated in operating rooms or ICU at Exeter Hospital in New Hampshire, where a medical technician faces charges. He worked at hospitals in seven states, CNN reported.
The company announced it has been awarded the Medicare Advantage contract by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, effective Jan. 1, 2013.
Hospital staffs did not report 87 percent of errors, although they were required to, according to the inspector general's report.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE) program supports research that addresses issues states face as they work to improve health coverage and access.
Humana Inc. launched it and says the site can help members "take positive steps on the path to lifelong well-being."
The devices for rapidly detecting pathogens in mosquitoes and sand flies that cause malaria, dengue, and leishmaniasis were developed by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command.
Only 55 percent of the surveyed agencies did a federal background check, and only one-third of them conduct drug testing of their employees, a Northwestern Medicine study found.
A July 18 symposium at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine will launch The Lancet's series examining the global impact of physical inactivity on non-communicable diseases.
Through July 20, those who Like the conference's page have a chance to win free registration for the Sept. 11-15 event.
Leaders of HHS should bring national attention to the need for building a workforce of sufficient size, the committee that wrote the new Institute of Medicine report recommended.
David M. Murray, Ph.D., chair and professor of the Division of Epidemiology at Ohio State University's College of Public Health, will join NIH in September.
Its notice in the Federal Register affects companies that manufacture and distribute unapproved single-ingredient, immediate-release oxycodone drug products in oral dosage forms, including tablets, capsules, and oral solutions.