The changes allow engine manufacturers to request to deploy emission controls or settings to be used only in such vehicles.
The Healthy Nurse Conference taking place June 14 asks RNs to become role models for their patients and for a healthy population.
The Ministry of Agriculture reported it Tuesday, according to a Xinhua New Agency report. WHO reports 168 cases of human H5N1 infection have been confirmed in Egypt, 60 of them fatal.
The agency says the new design makes it easier for EMS professionals to access training content, event information, and industry news.
The five occupational groups surveyed for the Food Chain Workers Alliance's "The Hands That Feed Us" report account for 20 million workers, about 15 percent of the entire U.S. civilian workforce.
Plenary Session audience members at ASSE’s Denver conference and exposition were keen to know if OSHA plans to implement the Injury and Illness Prevention Programs (I2P2) standard before the presidential election this November. After being asked a few times, OSHA Assistant Secretary Dr. David Michaels said that there’s a possibility that the agency will try to implement I2P2 before the election, “but I’m not allowed to say,” he added.
Their May 30 joint safety communication document strongly encourages their use for suturing fascia and muscle, as a way to prevent needlestick injuries.
Tuberculosis infects more than 8.8 million people worldwide, resulting in 1.4 million deaths each year. The disease is known to cluster in hotspots typically characterized by crowding, poverty, and other illnesses such as HIV.
The esteemed British medical journal posted the study online June 1. Authors of another new article recommend continuing the practice of transplanting the lungs of previous smokers because the recipients live longer than those on waiting lists.
Burns are a global public health problem, accounting for an estimated 195,000 deaths annually, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Although engineered nanomaterials present seemingly limitless possibilities, they bring with them new challenges for identifying and controlling potential safety and health risks to workers.
The 387-5 vote by the U.S. House of Representatives on May 30 means a conference committee will reconcile the two versions of the bill, which supporters say will help to reduce drug shortages.
The study authors recommend that employers target binge eating in workplace prevention or disease-management programs.
"Obesity among the homeless population could be due to the tendency to buy cheap, low-nutrient dense but highly caloric foods in the setting of limited resources," said lead study author, Katherine Koh.
OSHA issued notices for serious violations involving blocked emergency exit doors and routes, multiple electrical hazards, a lack of proper machine guarding, and exposure to contaminated needles.
NIOSH says the findings reinforce the need for heightened efforts to better protect farm workers from pesticide exposure.
An average of 79 men and women between 16 and 24 are hurt on the job every day in Washington, according to the state's Department of Labor & Industries (L&I).
An inspection by OSHA's Buffalo Area Office found that employees removing asbestos and asbestos-containing materials from a former warehouse were working in ripped and torn protective suits and were not wearing respiratory protection.
The first international convention of the Service Employees International Union in four years is taking place at Denver's Colorado Convention Center one week prior to ASSE's annual conference.
Surprisingly, heart disease and stroke aren’t necessarily inevitable with age,” said Michael Gurven, Ph.D., study author and anthropology professor and chairman of the University of California-Santa Barbara’s Integrative Anthropological Sciences Unit.