CDC - NIOSH Update - NIOSH Press Releases and Updates

CDC - NIOSH Update - NIOSH Press Releases and Updates

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

2015

• NIOSH, AIHA Jointly Announce “Safety Matters” Initiative for Young Workers
• NIOSH Launches New Total Worker Health® Center to Promote Lifelong Worker Well-being: The National Center for Productive Aging and Work
• NIOSH and the Department of Labor Join Forces to Establish a B Reader Quality Assurance Program
• Return Home from Work Safely and with Dignity
• NIOSH Awards 26 Cooperative Agreements to States for Worker Injury Surveillance
• John Howard Reappointed as Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and Administrator of the World Trade Center Health Program
• 2015 Labor Day Message from NIOSH Director John Howard, M.D.
• NIOSH Study Finds Measures Lacking for Compounding Antineoplastic Drugs
• NIOSH Honored in Digital Health Awards Competition
• What Happens at Work Doesn’t Always Stay at Work; Lead Exposure from an E-Scrap Recycling Facility Can Transfer to the Home
• NIOSH Employees Honored by Pittsburgh Federal Executive Board
• NIOSH Offers New Guidance to Help Musicians Protect their Hearing
• NIOSH Research Finds Practical Solution to Controlling Hazardous Dust when Cutting Fiber-Cement Siding
• NIOSH Honored with Top Awards at the 2015 American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Exposition
• NIOSH to Highlight Research at the 2015 American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Exposition (AIHce)
• NIOSH Awards Two Cooperative Agreements for Workers’ Compensation Surveillance
• NIOSH and SUNY Poly CNSE Launch Nano Health & Safety Consortium
• A Hard Day’s Night: Training Provides Nurses with Strategies for Shift Work and Long Work Hours
• NIOSH, OSHA Release New Toolkit to Better Protect Hospital Workers from Transmissible Diseases
• New Study Examines Relationship between Firefighters and Cancers in California
• NIOSH Announces Free, Confidential 2015 Screenings for Coal Miners
• Workers Memorial Day, 2015: Statement by John Howard, M.D., Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• NIOSH Presents 2015 Science Awards for Innovative Occupational Health, Safety Research
• NIOSH to Cohost 11th International Conference on Occupational Stress and Health
• New NIOSH Report Recommends All Workplaces be Tobacco Free, Recommendations include exposures to e-cigarettes in the workplace
• NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Highlighted at the 2015 Meeting of the Society of Toxicology
• NIOSH and Partners Recommend Controls for Silica Exposure during Asphalt Pavement Milling
• NIOSH Study Spans over Thirty Years of Hearing Loss Trends
• Vital Signs Press Release: Trucker Safety
• NIOSH and NHCA present 2015 Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Awards™
• Stand Tall, Stand Proud, Stand-Down for Fall Safety
• NIOSH Seeks Public Comment on the National Occupational Research Agenda, Stakeholders are invited to share experiences of the past decade
• Precautionary Measures Lacking for High Level Disinfectants: Results of a Survey of Healthcare Workers Who Disinfect Medical and Dental Devices
• Are Flight Attendants at Higher Risk for Miscarriage?

2014

• New Training Helps to Reduce Risks for Emergency Responders Who Work Long Hours
• New Publication Highlights Solutions to Prevent Overexertion Injuries for Retail Workers
• ISEA to Honor Christine Branche of NIOSH with Distinguished Service Award
• NIOSH to Highlight Research at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association
• Proposed National Total Worker Health Agenda; Draft Available for Public Comment
• NIOSH Signs Memorandum of Understanding to Advance Nanotechnology Research
• NIOSH Study Finds Lack of Adherence to Safe Handling Guidelines for Administration of Antineoplastic Drugs
• New NIOSH Resource Provides Quick Tips to Help Truckers Get a Good Night’s Sleep
• World Trade Center Health Program reaches out to 9/11 responders and survivors
• NIOSH Updates List of Drugs that Pose a Risk to Workers in Healthcare Settings
• National Awareness Day Highlights Importance of Respirators
• Statement by NIOSH Director John Howard, M.D.: Labor Day 2014
• NIOSH and OSHA Announce Best Practices to Protect Temporary Workers
• Call for Abstracts: 6th National Occupational Injury Research Symposium (NOIRS 2015)
• NIOSH Update: Public Comment Sought on Draft Document for Workplace Tobacco Policies
• NIOSH Update: Live from Bethesda, Maryland: NIOSH Hosts the 1st International Symposium on Total Worker Health
• NIOSH Update: Media Advisory
• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Expands Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program
• NIOSH Update: New Resource Helps Practitioners Enhance Posture Assessment Practices in the Workplace
• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Urges Federal Workforce to Register for the Healthier Federal Workers 2014 Conference
• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Issues First Closed-Circuit Escape Respirator Approval Under New Certification Requirements
• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Highlights Importance of Preventing Heat-Related Illness
• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Launches Total Worker Health Affiliate Program
• NIOSH Update: Down on the Farm; Fifteen Years of Childhood Agricultural Injury Prevention
• NIOSH Update: NIOSH and Miami University Researchers Receive Science Excellence Award
• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Rolls-out New Web Resources to Support Buy Quiet Programs
• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Ladder Safety Smart Phone App is a Finalist for Innovation Award
• NIOSH Update: Voices Heard: NIOSH’s Hearing Loss Prevention Branch Wins Excellence Award
• NIOSH Update: New NIOSH Report Outlines Hazards for Distant Water Tuna Fleet
• NIOSH Update: Center for Motor Vehicle Safety Launches Strategic Plan, Driving Innovation Forward
• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Seeks Proposals on Robotics Technologies for Assisting in Underground Mining Rescue Efforts
• NIOSH Update: Workers Memorial Day, 2014: Statement by John Howard, M.D., Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Announces Free, Confidential 2014 Screenings for Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis for Coal Miners
• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Follows Workers as they Age; New Topic Page Promotes Healthy Aging
• NIOSH Update: New NIOSH Report Evaluating Musculoskeletal Disorders and Traumatic Injuries in a Poultry Processing Plant
• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Video Highlights the Use of Personal Flotation Devices in Cold Water Survival, Alaska
• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Highlights Silica Research at OSHA Public Hearing
• NIOSH Update: NIOSH and NHCA present 2014 Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Awards™
• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Study Provides Insight into Healthcare Worker Training and Handling of Hazardous Chemicals
• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Call for Abstracts, Webinar Series Launch to Advance Total Worker Health™
• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Seeking Director for Health Effects Laboratory Division
• NIOSH Update: New NIOSH Study Sheds Light on Long-Haul Truck Driver Health
• NIOSH Update: NIOSH publishes results from IBM-Endicott Study
• NIOSH Update: MEDIA ADVISORY