The agency ordered a smoked seafood manufacturer to cease its operations due to the presence of Listeria.
HHS officials including Assistant Secretary for Health Howard Koh, M.D., MPH, will participate in a launch event April 3 for the 2014-2016 update of the agency's Action Plan for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis.
Regularly looking at data that tells how gas monitors are being used can show where there may be gaps in training and where there may need to be policy changes that lead to safer work practices.
Part of the challenge is that risks of injury change as kids develop their skills and become more independent.
The 28-month contract awarded by HHS' Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) continued development to show safety and efficacy to support FDA approval.
Katherine Lugar, president/CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, said AH&LA has convened a task force, developed an industry recommendation, and is creating resources to help properties provide it.
Chavez, born March 31, 1927, and Dolores Huerta founded the union now named the United Farm Workers in 1962.
Speaking this month during the presentation of a construction industry safety award, Commissioner for Labour Donald Tong Hong cited fatalities late last year and three deaths this year in lifting operations.
The alliance with Georgia Concerned Beauty Professionals aims to help eliminate chemical hazards in the industry.
All alli products are being recalled from U.S. and Puerto Rican retailers after tampered products reportedly were purchased by consumers at retail stores in seven states.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a warning after a company declined to expand its recall of egg products.
Two new reports, including one published in the New England Journal of Medicine, outline the national scope of the problem of health care-acquired infections.
The company received two reports of the battery packs' overheating. This damaged the notebook computers involved, the battery packs, and nearby property, but no injuries have been reported.
The agency inspected Diversified CPC International's Sparta, N.J., facility as part of its Process Safety Management Covered Chemical Facilities National Emphasis Program.
The companies have agreed to comply with chemical emergency planning laws intended to protect communities and first responders during chemical emergencies.