CDC - NIOSH Update - NIOSH Press Releases and Updates
This page features HHS and CDC press releases, and NIOSH "Updates" from the Director's Office. NIOSH Updates describe important announcements of research summaries, workshops, conferences, new programs and other major news events.
2016
NIOSH Announces Free, Confidential 2016 Screenings for Coal Miners
Researchers to present and discuss findings at The Society of Toxicology’s 55th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo
NIOSH Seeks Public Comment on Draft Criteria Document for 1-Bromopropane (1-BP)
Three Years and Going Strong: Stand-Down for Fall Safety
NIOSH and NHCA present 2016 Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Awards™
New Hazard Alert from NIOSH and OSHA Highlights Dangers of Tank Gauging
NIOSH Announces Appointment of New Associate Director for Mining
New Study First to Describe Scope of Illness Associated with the Use of Two Common Herbicides
Putting an Ear to the Ground; NIOSH Study looks at Prevalence of Hearing Difficulty and Tinnitus among Workers
NIOSH Study Reveals Cigarette Smoking Behavior of Working Women
NIOSH Announces Appointment of New Director to Spokane Mining Research Division
2015
NIOSH Study Reveals Safety Issues in Long-haul Trucking Industry
Predictors of Adherence to Safe Handling Practices for Antineoplastic Drugs: A Survey of Hospital Nurses
What’s Work Got to Do With It? NIOSH to Co-sponsor Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Total Worker Health
NIOSH Firefighter Body Dimension Data Supports Design Changes and Safety
NIOSH looks at Precautionary Practices of Respiratory Care Practitioners who Administer Aerosolized Medications
NIOSH Update: Media Advisory
Employees who work in moderately cold work conditions may face health and safety problems
NIOSH-Designed Technology Can Reduce Workers’ Exposure to Silica at Hydraulic Fracturing Sites
NIOSH Study Finds Healthcare Workers’ Exposure to Surgical Smoke Still Common
NIOSH Announces Re-Organization of Respiratory and Mining Divisions
NIOSH to Highlight Research at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association
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