OSHA gears up for anti-retaliation guideline rollouts
July 03, 2016 8:00 a.m. Updated OSHA gears up for anti-retaliation guideline rollouts By Gloria GonzalezCrain News Service The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration will have a busy regulatory agenda during the second half of 2016, including the planned publication of anti-retaliation and health and safety program management guidelines, according to the head of OSHA.The final anti-retaliation guidelines, a draft of which was published in December 2015, will "hopefu..>> view originalAutomated 'artificial pancreas' systems to make type-1-diabetes patients' life better
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Tom Frieden is frustrated. For half a year now, he and colleagues have been trying to get Americans worried about Zika virus. From the moment Frieden's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention realized that Zika was probably causing horrendous birth defects in Brazil, the agency has been advising pregnant women to stay away from Zika-affected zones and warning that the virus would inevitably end up in the U.S. Christy Roberts, with the Harris County Public Health & Environmen..>> view originalMilitary Freezing Mosquitoes to Guard Against Zika Virus
Mosquitoes are being trapped and frozen at Fort Benning and other posts as part of the military's effort to combat the Zika virus that has infected at least 11 service members among more than 1,000 Americans. Army Pvt. 1st Class Mary Pendris at Benning in Georgia near the Alabama line is among those troops on mosquito trapping duty to detect the presence of the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes whose bites can spread the virus which can cause birth defects, including microcephaly, according to the Cente..>> view originalRed Cross: Need is 'urgent' for blood donations this summer
Donors typically donate less during the summertime, putting a strain on the American Red Cross' blood supply, according to Krystal Overmyer, an external communications manager with Biomedical Field Marketing and Communications for the Red Cross.>> view originalFor dogs terrified of fireworks, new drug aims to take the edge off the Fourth of July
Andrew Whitaker/The Hutchinson News via AP July 5 is widely reported to be the busiest day for animal shelters in the United States, which follows the year's most frightful day for canines: July 4. The pet industry has taken note, and now hawks ...>> view original
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