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OSHA Awards $10.1 Million in Susan Harwood Safety and Health Training Grants

The money was awarded to over 70 different nonprofit organizations and community groups.

CDC Foundation Launches Business Pulse

The first Business Pulse coincides with this September's National Preparedness Month and features a business continuity discussion between CDC and UPS.

DOL Announces Minimum Wage and OT Protections Extend to Direct Care Workers

The Department of Labor extends the Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime and minimum wage protections to direct care workers, effective Jan. 1, 2015.

Arizona Magazine Pulls Newstand Issues After Mushroom Mixup

The October 2013 issue of Arizona Highways features an item on page 13 identifying the fly agaric mushroom as being edible.

New Study Suggests Promoting a Healthy Workplace Fosters Financial Success

According to a new study from JOEM, companies who have a "healthy workplace" environment may outperform those who don't.

CDC Anti-Smoking Campaign Lauded

CDC Anti-Smoking Campaign Lauded

e campaign was funded by the Prevention and Public Health Fund, which Harkin authored as chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.

SAMHSA Releasing 2013 Survey This Week

SAMHSA Releasing 2012 Survey This Week

Participants in the Sept. 4 news conference will include Pamela S. Hyde, SAMHSA administrator; Gil Kerlikowske, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; and Dr. H. Westley Clark, director of SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.

Increasing Employee Participation in Corporate Wellness Programs

Increasing Employee Participation in Corporate Wellness Programs

Incorporating games into the wellness program structure makes sense as the next engagement strategy.



There are significant benefits of having healthier employees, both in savings in medical costs and related insurance premium reductions, and in productivity though better well-being and fewer sick days and time off.

Safety and Wellness: The Critical Connection

Because these two fields approach their objectives with different assumptions, priorities, and methods, coordination is not common.

L&I Makes Available Online Delivery of Claims Materials

If enough injured workers, employers, and health care providers opt in, the agency could save at least $1.3 million in the first year alone.

CDC Raises Estimate of Lyme Disease Burden

"This new preliminary estimate confirms that Lyme disease is a tremendous public health problem in the United States and clearly highlights the urgent need for prevention," said Dr. Paul Mead, M.D., MPH, chief of epidemiology and surveillance for CDC's Lyme disease program.

FDA Taking Comments on Menthol Cigarettes

Its advance notice of proposed rulemaking is accompanied by a non-regulatory document, an independently produced "Preliminary Scientific Evaluation of the Possible Public Health Effects of Menthol Versus Nonmenthol Cigarettes."

NIH Funding Big Data Knowledge Centers

Up to $24 million per year for four years will be awarded to establish six to eight of them.

Incentive Marketing Association's Conference Set

The association's new executive director is expected to be introduced when leaders of the incentive industry convene in Denver July 28-30.

Las Vegas will Soon Boast World's Largest Rooftop Solar Installation

The 20,000-panel solar installation will be on the roof of the Mandalay Bay Resort Convention Center

Tobacco Ad Bans' Appeal is Spreading

WHO's latest report says 2.3 billion people worldwide are covered by a least one measure limiting tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship.

AMA: Americans' Health Improving, Chronic Diseases Still Demand Action

American Medical Association President Dr. Ardis D. Hoven called a new study "a wake-up call about the need to reduce the burden of chronic disease for America's patients."

'Friends of NIOSH' Seek Stable Funding

The group's letter to House Appropriations leaders asks for "at least the Fiscal 2012 level."

The June 8-11 event in Orlando will be here before you know it, and it follows a highly successful conference in another prime destination, Las Vegas.

Looking Ahead to Safety 2014

The June 8-11 event in Orlando will be here before you know it, and it follows a highly successful conference in another prime destination, Las Vegas.

NASA to Showcase Astronaut Fitness for Social Media Followers

Thirty people who register by noon EDT on June 21 will be able to participate in the July 17 event at the Johnson Space Center, which has studied the effects of prolonged spaceflight for decades.

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