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The Demise of NIOSH – Could OSHA Be Next?

This restructuring marks a significant shift in workplace safety oversight

Bernard L. Fontaine, Jr. M.Sc., CIH, CSP, FAIHA

April 2, 2025

This restructuring marks a significant shift in workplace safety oversight, with many experts fearing a loss of scientific expertise, reduced regulatory effectiveness, and an increase in workplace hazards.

CDC seeks Director for National Center for Environmental Health

November 10, 2022

Applications will be accepted from all groups of qualified persons, including Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers.

NIOSH awards more than $5 million in extramural funding to address COVID-19 related challenges

February 10, 2022

NIOSH provided more than $5 million in extramural funding during fiscal year 2021 to 38 projects that address challenges related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This amount includes supplemental funding for State Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Surveillance Programs and funding for investigator-initiated research through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) COVID-19 response efforts

Workplace health and safety organizations: Urgent clarification needed on CDC guidance for fully vaccinated people

May 19, 2021

The new CDC's guidance has created troubling confusion among employers, workers, and worker health and safety professionals.

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Pandemic best practices and new technologies

Consider these 12 practices from the field; stay abreast of breakthrough technologies

Dave Johnson

September 16, 2020

For all the COVID-19 safety guidelines circulating, some hundreds of pages long, basic best practices are straightforward and known by most Americans. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, recently recounted them in an interview with the Journal of the American Medical Association.

OSHA and other COVID-19 reopening standards to know

Devin Partida

September 10, 2020

The supply chain is a part of every industry. Businesses, manufacturing plants and factories must be operational to keep supply chains going for food, technology and all types of commerce. With COVID-19 disrupting the entire world, safety is now a top priority.

National Safety Council statement on new CDC testing guidelines

September 2, 2020

The National Safety Council urges employers to continue to be vigilant with testing despite the recent guideline amendment issued by the CDC.

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What you need to know about coronavirus

What are the symptoms of coronavirus, and how is it treated?

April 1, 2020

What exactly are the symptoms of coronavirus, anyway? Is it deadly? How worried should I be? The U.S. Centers for Disease Control says little is known about the virus, but it still has some tentative answers.

Adult asthma linked to work, location

January 6, 2017

Nearly half of all adult asthma cases – 48 percent -- might be related to work – and thus, preventable -- according to a study published in the CDC’s MMWR last month. This finding means as many as 2.7 million U.S. workers might have asthma caused by or exacerbated by workplace conditions.

Tobacco remains top killer in U.S.

December 9, 2016

Despite the fact that overall tobacco consumption has declined over time, tobacco use continues to be the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).