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Workplace health and safety organizations: Urgent clarification needed on CDC guidance for fully vaccinated people

May 19, 2021

The new CDC's guidance has created troubling confusion among employers, workers, and worker health and safety professionals.

The big-ticket question: Can (or should) employers require the COVID-19 vaccine of employees in the workplace?

Stephen W. Aronson Britt-Marie K. Cole-Johnson Natale V. DiNatale

Abby Warren

Kayla N. West

Emily A. Zaklukiewicz

May 12, 2021

Since COVID-19 vaccine distribution began in December 2020, millions of people across the United States have been vaccinated. Still, a large percentage of people remain unvaccinated, which creates challenges for employers who view the COVID-19 vaccine as a key protective measure for maintaining a safe and healthy workplace.

5 ways to minimize industrial worker exposure to COVID-19

Devin Partida

February 25, 2021

Vaccines have been rolling out, but COVID-19 is still a threat. As industrial facilities push through what is hopefully the final stretch of the pandemic, they need to remain cautious. It’s perhaps more crucial than ever to minimize worker exposure to COVID-19.

APHA: Congress is putting critical health programs at risk

February 9, 2018

Congress’ bid to cut billions from public health funding is raising the ire of the American Public Health Association (APHA), which is accusing the House of robbing “Peter to pay Paul” in its latest spending proposal. The Prevention and Public Health Fund – which makes up 12 percent of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s budget -- would lose nearly $3 billion under the latest budget proposal by the House.

Why this year’s flu virus is tougher than usual

January 28, 2018

If it seems like everybody you know has or has had the flu recently, you’re not too far wrong. The CDC confirms that flu activity is currently widespread in most of the U.S. Flu viruses are constantly changing so it’s not unusual for new flu viruses to appear each year, which keeps the CDC busy trying to anticipate the types of vaccinations that will be needed and make sure they are in sufficient supply.

MSF health staff in protective clothing constructing perimeter for Ebola isolation ward.

Ebola vaccine trial begins in Sierra Leone

6,000 health and other frontline workers will receive the vaccine

April 15, 2015

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in partnership with the Sierra Leone College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS) and the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS), is now enrolling and vaccinating volunteers for the Sierra Leone Trial to Introduce a Vaccine against Ebola (STRIVE).

Catching the Flu: NIOSH Research on Airborne Influenza Transmission

A sneeze in progress. Need we say more? Cover your mouth!

William G. Lindsley PhD

January 18, 2013

As we enter another influenza season, one question continues to vex medical and public health professionals: How do you stop people from catching the flu? The best way to prevent the flu is by getting an influenza vaccine every year. However, in the event of a large-scale influenza outbreak of a new virus strain or a pandemic, when influenza vaccine may not be promptly available, we will see tremendous demands on the health care system and its workers.