The plan by Ron Fouchier of Erasmus Medical Centre in the Netherlands and colleagues in the United States and Hong Kong is to study how the H7N9 variant might become infectious person to person.
It's a possible alternative to IV antibiotics that are administered for up to eight weeks in the hospital, according to the authors.
No loss of life occurred, and the Kenya Airports Authority announced it expected cargo and domestic services to resume today from the airport.
The authority over the London Fire Brigade voted July 18 not to close 12 stations and about 520 firefighter positions, but Mayor Boris Johnson ordered it Aug. 5 to reverse course.
The WorkCover Authority of New South Wales, Australia, issued a safety alert Aug. 2 that cited more than 700 injuries and 1,965 worker's compensation claims in 2008-2010.
The Health and Safety Executive prosecuted Northern Gas Networks Operations Ltd, known as United Utilities at the time, and Morgan Sindall (Infrastructure) plc of London in connection with the September 2010 fire.
Oct. 1’s third keynote session, a new addition to the educational program this year, looks like a "must attend" session of its own: the Prescription Drug Keynote.
Britain’s national security intelligence agency has posted the job, saying it pays up to $92,328 per year in U.S. dollars.
Their message: We're very safe and all is well.
The UK's largest fire department learned July 18 that proposed closures of 10 stations and a reduction in force will not be approved.
The agency issued them July 18 in response to the fire six days earlier on board an unoccupied Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft parked at London Heathrow airport.
It was developed specifically for countries that do not have national building codes already in place. The standard will help in assessing the safety of buildings before and after earthquakes.
The companies had promised to conduct the audits after two major dust explosions last year.
That was the consensus during a July 17 meeting of the Emergency Committee. The committee will reconvene in September, if not earlier.
Sunrise Airways, based in Port-au-Prince, announced it is the first Haitian airline ever to gain membership in the foundation.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is developing new regulations during the next two years to implement the Safe Food for Canadians Act, which passed in November 2012.
Some buildings heavily damaged by the fire in the Quebec town sparked by a July 6 train derailment were being demolished Sunday so authorities could continue searching for missing residents.
WHO's latest report says 2.3 billion people worldwide are covered by a least one measure limiting tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship.
The society signed an agreement last month to work with Chinese workplace safety professionals and announced July 10 that it will work with Russia's National Association of Centers for Occupational Safety and Health.
The committee's members are international experts who will meet July 9 and July 11.