Following President Biden’s announcement today that 1 million people in the United States have died from COVID-19, the National Safety Council marks this tragic milestone as a reminder of the omnipresent threat…

The global chartered body for health and safety professionals says delays to a promised Employment Bill in the UK poses an “imminent threat to the labour market”. The warning has…

Today, the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program announced the publication of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking as it considers adding uterine cancer to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions (List). Currently,…

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled a three-day safety and health training event in Arlington Heights, Illinois, from Aug. 2 to 4, 2022, to…

A federal workplace safety investigation has determined that two companies failed to follow required safety standards that could have prevented a bridge collapse and spared the life of a 33-year-old…

The COVID-19 pandemic and other recent large disease outbreaks have highlighted the extent to which health care settings can contribute to the spread of infections, harming patients, health workers and…

New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the full death toll associated directly or indirectly with the COVID-19 pandemic (described as “excess mortality”) between 1 January 2020…

A Connecticut man in his 50s is recovering from a rare and potentially dangerous viral infection caused by a tick bite, health officials said. The man was hospitalized with a…

HIV Vaccine Awareness Day recognises the many volunteers, community members, health professionals and scientists who work together to find a safe and effective vaccine to prevent HIV. On Wednesday, 4…

Participant: Acushnet Company, Custom Operations New Bedford, Massachusetts Description: Acushnet Company, Custom Operations employs about 200 workers at the New Bedford site, which produces golf balls and other equipment customized…