As U.S.-based employers consider their return-to-work compliance policies, OSHA has emphasized that companies should provide workers with “up-to-date education and training on COVID-19 risk factors ...

As U.S.-based employers consider their return-to-work compliance policies, OSHA has emphasized that companies should provide workers with “up-to-date education and training on COVID-19 risk factors ...

When two workers died last month in a violent chemical reaction at Ames Goldsmith Catalyst Refiners near Charleston, federal ...

A hantavirus outbreak on MV Hondius cruise ship caused three deaths and five suspected cases. Seven cases reported including two confirmed, one critically ill, and three mild symptoms. Hantavirus ...

Four years after the spread of a novel coronavirus first prompted U.S. officials to shutter schools and limit public gatherings, misinformation about the virus persists. False claims that COVID-19 ...

SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, is widespread among wildlife species, according to new research. The virus was detected in six common backyard species, and antibodies indicating prior ...

The risk of Ebola arriving in Chicago is low, but local leaders are using lessons from a decade-old playbook they created ...

May 5 : Publishers Elsevier, Cengage, Hachette, Macmillan and McGraw Hill sued Meta Platforms in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, alleging that the tech giant misused their books and journal ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

OSHA has begun its 13th annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction, running May 4–8, 2026. The nationwide effort calls on employers to pause work for fall-prevention training, ...

Arriving in the isolation ward of a biocontainment hospital is an unsettling, scary experience. In 2014, I spent 19 days in ...

After a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a luxury cruise ship led to three deaths, the vessel has been quarantined, echoing scenes from the Covid-19 pandemic. The ship, which set sail from Argentina ...