recommendations

Sandy Hook commission releases school safety recommendations

26 victims gunned down at elementary school in December tragedy

March 26, 2013

Recommendations for school safety just issued by a Sandy Hook Advisory Commission may well be considered by schools nationwide, according to Bo Mitchell, president of 911 Consulting.

Doctors resist new prostate cancer screening guidelines

PSA tests on healthy men continue, despite questionable benefits

May 30, 2012

Recent recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) advising elimination of routine prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer in healthy men are likely to encounter serious pushback from primary care physicians, according to results of a survey by Johns Hopkins investigators.

Five years after propane explosion tragedy, CSB applauds changes

January 30, 2012

On this, the fifth anniversary of a propane explosion that killed four people in West Virginia, the Chemical Safety Board says satisfactory progress has been made in improving propane safety.