Remembrances of President George H.W. Bush often mention his support of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Complaints about the new law went to OSHA — the supposed source of every burdensome workplace regulations.
The day after Thanksgiving, the White House made public the Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II. Congress has mandated that these reports be released every four years, and the Trump administration seemingly figured that doing so on the day after Thanksgiving would limit public attention.
I just read a super interesting study on efforts to protect public employees in Colorado from developing skin cancer.
Worker Health & Safety
No answers from worker safety agency to parents’ question “how did this happen to our son?”
After an investigation into the work-related death of their son was bungled by Kentucky OSHA, Pam and Mike Oakley filed a complaint with federal OSHA. They learned that shoddy investigations are not the exception, but the rule. I wonder if there are any lawmakers who care enough to do something about it?
Investigative journalists with the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting and Ohio Valley ReSource use records from 47 worker fatalities in the Bluegrass State to expose its failing worker safety agency.
The public health community is well aware of the dangers posed by antibiotic-resistant bacteria, but many of us are less attuned to the problem of fungi resistant to antifungal compounds.
A disproportionate level of workplace violence occurs in the health care industry. Nurses, in particular, endure a huge share of the abuse.
Geographic mapping tools can illustrate the burden of pollution and population characteristics. They are tools that provide evidence of environmental injustice and for public health interventions to address it.
APHA Annual Meeting
‘Courageous conversations’ can improve health: ‘Every moment is an organizing moment’
The California Endowment’s “Building Healthy Communities” is addressing and eliminating disparities through efforts that change community conditions to become healthier, rather than on a focus on clinical health care coverage.
Achieving health equity means changing the odds for people, rather than expecting people to beat the odds.