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Health care-associated transmission of influenza has been documented in many different patient populations and clinical settings.
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According to the Dallas-based American Heart Association (AHA), most people who can perform routine activities requiring ordinary effort without being bothered by heart symptoms should be able to return to their previous jobs after recovering from a heart attack.
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Twenty-eight hospitals and about 800 nursing homes will receive comprehensive inspections from the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) because of high injury rates.
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A senior epidemiologist and flu expert at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is calling for mandatory vaccination of all health care workers as the best means of protecting patients and hospital staff from widespread outbreaks of the viral illness.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that companies must pay plant workers for the time it takes to change into protective clothing and safety gear and walk to their workstations ...
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN) have renewed their 2003 alliance for another two years to continue targeting workplace violence ...
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The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) and the Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI) have launched a research study to assess the full costs of absenteeism and presenteeism on a company's productivity.
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In the wake of a disastrous explosion that killed 15 workers and injured more than 150 others, BP Products North America Inc. has been fined a record $21 million by the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA).
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Premera Blue Cross is offering a five-tier weight management program to eligible employer groups who want to help their employees lose weight or stay fit.
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The fifth annual Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured surveys of Medicaid status produced mixed results, ...
