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Former NIOSH employees are continuing to speak out against federal cuts that will negatively impact coal miner safety in West ...
NIOSH has laid off or put on leave two-thirds of its staff, potentially risking valuable biological samples and research due to lack of maintenance and instructions.
Workers who recently lost their jobs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety say they’re concerned that there’s no ...
Most Americans learned what an N95 mask was during the COVID-19 pandemic. But what many still don’t know is that every one of them was certified by a single, government-run lab in Bruceton, Allegheny ...
The lab has halted almost all of its regular work and is preparing to shut down in June. That’s because of the most recent ...
A national campaign to restore NIOSH funding and staffing launches amid sweeping federal cuts that threaten core workplace ...
The Trump administration says the merging and downsizing of some Health and Human Services agencies is aimed at realigning them toward the “core mission” of ending chronic disease. But some HHS ...
Anyone in the US who’s depended on a respirator to provide protection against dust, smoke, mold or airborne viruses has ...
Layoffs at the federal agency responsible for researching work-related injuries will inhibit the government from effectively responding to occupational hazards, particularly for the mining industry, ...