The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is asking the construction industry to help advance the science behind spray polyurethane foam (SPF) insulation.
A web-based interactive anthology will provide psychologists, economists, anthropologists, sociologists and other scientists with the latest research methods and tools to address emerging challenges in public health, such as the obesity epidemic and the rise of chronic diseases such as heart disease.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hold a one-day forum titled, Attentive Driving: Countermeasures for Distraction, on March 27, 2012 in Washington, DC.
A new fact sheet from the National Institutes of Health explains the A1C test, a widely used and important test to diagnose type 2 diabetes and prediabetes, and to monitor blood glucose levels of people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
A new research report published by Temkin Group, Employee Engagement Benchmark Study, finds a strong link between the level of employee engagement and the effort and commitment of employees to their company.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned that in order to conduct certain kinds of research into the H5N1 influenza virus, scientists could be creating newer and more dangerous forms of the virus that could ultimately pose a risk to public health.
Nearly a fifth of all Americans 12 years or older have hearing loss so severe that it may make communication difficult, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins researchers and published in the Nov. 14 Archives of Internal Medicine.
Nearly all construction workers will experience one or more work-related injuries or illnesses over a lifetime plus a greater risk of premature death, according to new data released at the American Public Health Association’s 139th Annual Meeting, held last week in Washington, DC.
Collision and sudden stop warnings among features being tested
October 24, 2011
"Connected vehicle" technologies that could help drivers avoid approximately 80 percent of vehicle crash types are being tested at clinics being hosted by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).