Showing posts with label Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Water is Work - World Water Day March 22, 2016

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Today's post is shared from .unwater.org and from cdc.gov Water is critical to work, health and safety. World Water Day 2016, sponsor...
Saturday, July 25, 2015

Review Committee Report: Inadvertent Shipment of Live Bacillus Anthrax Spores by DOD

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The US Department of Defense issued a report concerning its shipment of live anthrax vaccine and concluded: "On May 29, 2015, due to ...
Friday, May 1, 2015

Lab Worker Infected by Vaccinia Virus Infection Despite Recent Immunized

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The US CDC reported: Occupational exposures to orthopoxviruses in laboratories can result in infections. The most effective means of preven...
Friday, April 24, 2015

Health Care Workers' Hazard: Cloth Based Masked Face Masks

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Infection in the workplace is now becoming a major concern as new epidemics of disease spread worldwide facilitated by the ever increasing g...
Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Weather Alert: Workers' Need to Prepare for Cold Weather Exposures

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The United States weather bureau has predicted bitter cold for a vast segment of the nation. Workers who  maybe exposed to frigid weather ...
Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Are Uber Drivers Getting Their Tips?

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Today's post is shared from http://ncworkcompjournal.com/ A U.S. federal judge recently ruled that a ride-sharing service must face a ...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

Public Comment Sought on Draft Document for Workplace Tobacco Policies

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NIOSH is seeking public comment on a draft Current Intelligence Bulletin,Promoting Health and Preventing Disease and Injury through Workpla...
Saturday, August 2, 2014

US Aid Workers Headed to Atlanta for Ebola Care

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Today's post is shared from nytimes.com and concerns infectious disease in the workplace. When two U.S. aid workers infected with Eb...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Ebola Virus Disease Confirmed in a Traveler to Nigeria, Two U.S. Healthcare Workers in Liberia

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Viral exposure in the workplace could have fatal consequences. This Health Advisory is shared from cdc.gov. Nigerian health authorities ...
Saturday, July 19, 2014

Medical Errors - The Third Leading Cost of Death

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Costing almost $1 Trillion dollars per year and a leading of death are medical errors. Medical doctors specializing in patient safety t...
Saturday, July 5, 2014

Drowsy Driving and Risk Behaviors

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English: An advisory sign on Interstate 15 in Utah near Mt. Nebo. It reminds drowsy drivers to get off the freeway. (Photo credit: Wikip...
Monday, June 30, 2014

Obesity Prevalence by Occupation in Washington State

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Today's post comes from guest author Kit Case, from Causey Law Firm. Truckers, movers, and police and firefighters are likeliest t...
Sunday, January 12, 2014

The 50-year war on smoking

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The 1964 U.S. Surgeon General 's report on smoking — the first official acknowledgment by the federal government that smoking kills...
Sunday, December 29, 2013

US flu activity keeps climbing

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Today's post was shared by CIDRAP and comes from www.cidrap.umn.edu Highly magnified, digitally colorized  electromicrograph o...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

Your Flu Shot is Waiting

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Today's post was shared by RWJF PublicHealth and comes from www.rwjf.org New reports from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...
Friday, December 13, 2013

Increase in miscarriages coincided with high levels of lead in D.C. water, study finds

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The study findings, which are scheduled to be published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, do not prove that the city’s ...
Monday, December 9, 2013

Winter Weather Alert: Generators

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Carbon monoxide poisoning is a serious issue for workers who use or are exposed to generators. As the winter storm season approaches empl...
Wednesday, December 4, 2013

CDC releases new findings and prevention tools to improve food safety in restaurants

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Increased awareness and implementation of proper food safety in restaurants and delis may help prevent many of the foodborne illness outbre...

December 3rd is International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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Around the world, people with disabilities face physical, social, economic and attitudinal barriers that exclude them from participating fu...