Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan hailed the agreement reached last weekend as paving the way for effective response during future influenza pandemics.
The 260-bed Shutter Creek Correctional Institution in North Bend, Ore., is staffed by 110 employees and contractors.
Current Intelligence Bulletin 63 is the first time the agency has issued separate guidelines for the same chemical based on particle size.
SkySails, virtual navigation aids, and the National e-Navigation Strategy will be discussed during the May 4-5 meeting of the Navigation Safety Advisory Council.
Researchers from Duke University Medical Center found sales personnel in most stores offered some misinformation, and 59 percent gave no suggestions for safe use.
Companion bills in the U.S. Senate and House were welcomed by VPPPA Executive Director R. Davis Layne.
Five railroads and two chemical companies were honored for helping communities prepare for and respond to potential hazmat incidents.
“There has been an increase in recent years in promoting the use of foams and sealants by do-it-yourself energy-conscious homeowners, and many people may now be unknowingly exposed to risks from these chemicals,” said Steve Owens, assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.
They are still allowed to be flown on cargo aircraft, the union's president reminded a congressional subcommittee April 12.
The Food and Drug Administration cleared the SpectraShield 9500 N95 surgical respirator, a device that kills 99.99 percent of three different kinds of bacteria when exposed to its outer surface. The single-use, N95 surgical respirator is designed for use in health care settings by health care personnel to protect against microorganisms, body fluids, and particulate material.
The agency rejected all 26 opposing comments it received, including a letter from Public Citizen that FDA addressed point by point.
FAA is taking this action after an incident at Reno-Tahoe International Airport when a controller fell asleep while a medical flight carrying an ill patient was trying to land.
And the panel's reasoning in the April 7 decision offers support for the hearing protection reinterpretation OSHA recently withdrew.
Advocates for the You're the Cure campaign lobbied Congress April 12 for more funding targeting heart disease and stroke. The Lancet's NCD Action Group and the NCD Alliance published a statement calling for a tobacco-free world by 2040.
They are the first to receive full enforcement action until this section of the Mine Act, according to MSHA, which said its reinspections of 10 mines earlier this year found only these two had increased S&S violation rates.
Antibiotic resistance increases the economic burden on the entire health care system. Resistant infections are often more severe, leading to longer hospital stays and increased costs for treatment.
Directed primarily to those working on new construction, the document describes safety methods employers can implement during stages of construction.
OSHA initiated an investigation in October 2010 following the death of one employee and the wounding of another, allegedly committed by a client at the addiction treatment facility.
Irreversible effects from work-related exposures even at low levels, without taking appropriate precautions, can include cancer, reproductive and developmental problems, allergic reactions, and others.