The new law will make Brazil the largest country in the world to declare all workplaces and indoor public spaces 100 percent smoke-free, according to the Pan American Health Organization.
Researchers found people who maintained or reduced their blood pressure to normal levels by age 55 had the lowest lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease.
In its lawsuit, EEOC charged that the company denied a 12-year employee a reasonable accommodation after he had cancer surgery, which left him with weakness in his right shoulder.
Conference presentations will include advances in diagnosing and treating asbestos-related diseases, preventing asbestos exposure in the home and workplace, patient resources, and a global advocacy session.
OSHA opened inspections in July after receiving complaints alleging burn hazards and poor housekeeping throughout the plant.
The U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity asked the scientists involved and the journals Nature and Science to remove certain details when two papers on H5N1 transmissibility are published.
MSHA recently announced that federal inspectors issued 315 citations, orders, and safeguards during special impact inspections conducted at 10 coal mines and six metal/nonmetal mines last month.
Over the last several years, NIOSH researchers have investigated the potential health effects of prolonged bicycling in police bicycle patrol units.
About eight percent, or about one of every 13 barrels of the Deepwater Horizon-spilled oil that reached the ocean surface, eventually made its way into airborne organic particles small enough to be inhaled into human lungs.
The work from which the report was drawn marks the first time that NIOSH has developed a prospective, centralized roster of workers for a response event of this magnitude.
The division conducts surveillance, field studies, and research on occupational diseases such as asthma, COPD, and pneumoconiosis -– also called black lung disease, which is caused by inhaling coal dust.
The contractors have been cited for inadequate safeguards to protect workers exposed to airborne concentrations of lead while performing torch cutting operations. The citations carry a total of $127,400 in proposed fines.
“The number of lives affected by large disasters in the past year is simply staggering,” said Charley Shimanski, senior vice president for Red Cross Disaster Services.
More than 67 percent of U.S. adults and 31.7 percent of children are overweight or obese. Over the past 30 years, the prevalence of obesity in children has increased from 4 percent to more than 20 percent.
Shortages of prescription drugs -- the same issue that prompted a Dec. 15 interim final rule from HHS to require manufacturers of some critical drugs to report manufacturing interruptions to FDA –- also is prompting Canadian action.
With the 2010 decrease, Texas has seen a decline in such workplace injuries and illnesses for four years in a row, according to the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation.
MedPro Safety Products, Inc. said it surveyed 262 health care professionals during a conference in mid-2011, and 43 percent of them said they don't believe safety features in place to prevent injuries are always used.
Sentinel Event Alert Issue 48: Health care worker fatigue and patient safety was created to help health care organizations address the risks of extended work days and cumulative days of extended work hours.
OSHA initiated an inspection after receiving a referral from the Pennsylvania Department of Health regarding an employee with blood containing an elevated level of lead.
Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho became the 43rd surgeon general in the 236-year history of Army medicine on Dec. 9.