Industrial safety procedures and rules date back to the 19th century when the United States enacted its first legislation to regulate the conditions of work in factories. They have since developed ...

Learn how the 1970 Occupational Safety and Health Act safeguards workplace safety, OSHA's role, and which businesses must ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Thursday a series of proposed regulatory actions aimed at ...

Establishing health and safety procedures is an important part of running a child care facility. Licensed facilities are required to adhere to state laws that cover everything from proper hand washing ...

More than 1.4 million workers are affected by a serious job-related injury or illness each year. Focusing on enhanced prevention can reduce this number as well as the severity of workplace injuries.

In every workplace, whether it's an office setting or a construction site, the concept of risk tolerance plays a crucial role in determining the overall health and safety standards. Risk tolerance ...

When it comes to supporting and upholding health and welfare policies at the workplace, all employees, managers, including the general public are supported by legal regulations. However, despite all ...

HHS today announced it will terminate Medicare and Medicaid to any hospital that performs sex-rejecting procedures on minors ...

Value assessments in health care tend to focus on pharmaceuticals rather than services and procedures, despite the outsized contribution of services and procedures to health spending. We use the term ...

In order to ensure that laboratory activities are conducted safely, and in compliance with environmental health and safety regulations, all laboratory activities must be conducted under the ...

When athletes prepare to take the field for the season, it's important that medical personnel, coaches and staff are getting ready, too. As always, player health and safety is the #1 priority heading ...