Although they will receive $50,000 each to develop their concepts into prototypes, anyone can submit a prototype to compete in the second phase of the challenge to win up to $100,000.
For the first time ever, the 2020 Census will offer an online response option. The annual American Community Survey asks about computer and Internet use, commuting, disabilities, occupations, and health insurance status.
NIOSH has released two new modules that track sharps incidents and blood and body fluid exposures among healthcare workers.
The administration has accelerated approval for a drug used to treat metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC).
The conference will take place March 20-23 in San Diego.
ASSE President Tom Cecich released a statement following OSHA’s whitepaper.
At this year’s #GraingerShow, CEO D.G. Macpherson said March 13 he expects it will be 80 percent in five years.
The CDC posted a travel notice for Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Maldives and Soloman Islands.
The CDC is working with other health organizations to minimize any health risk posed by the outbreak in Lincoln County, Tennessee.
The screenings are part of the Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program (CWHSP).
A CDC study evaluated sleep duration across 90 different occupational groups.
Adults are still not getting more breast or cervical cancer tests, according to a report.
Dara Corrigan, FDA's associate commissioner for global regulatory policy, called the agreement "an important step in working collaboratively and strategically with key partners to help ensure that American patients have access to safe, effective, and high-quality drugs."
Former employees may qualify as part of a new Special Exposure Cohort class.
"Antibiotic resistance is growing, and we are fast running out of treatment options. If we leave it to market forces alone, the new antibiotics we most urgently need are not going to be developed in time," said Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny, WHO's assistant director-general for Health Systems and Innovation.
Five previous petitions requested the addition of autoimmune diseases. Dr. John Howard, administrator of the WTC Health Program and NIOSH director, determined that the new petition did not provide additional evidence of a causal relationship between 9/11 exposures and autoimmune diseases.
The DOJ sought a permanent injunction against the company for manufacturing and distributing unapproved new drugs.
The winners all developed electronic solutions that will help consumers share health data easily and securely.
Siliq will be used to treat adults with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis.
Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro presided over the Feb. 8 ceremony. "A sick call, a fire, a patient in cardiac arrest, an injured child or a woman in labor – no matter the situation, FDNY members work together, side by side, to care for their patients," he said.