The Biden administration has exempted most employers from long-awaited rules for protecting workers from the coronavirus, angering labor advocates who had spent more than a year lobbying for the protections. The Labor Department included only health care workers in its…
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Aviation industry safety advances can improve hospital alarm design
Hospital alarms play an important role in patient monitoring, but false alarms and multiple alarms going off at the same time can be challenging to manage—leading to alarm fatigue among nurses. New research from The Ohio State University School of…
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Researchers answer call to improve sleep for firefighters to boost performance and safety
A team of investigators at the University of Kansas is collecting data and designing interventions to improve the quality of sleep for firefighters and paramedics in the Lawrence Douglas County Fire-Medical Department. For these first responders, better sleep could improve…
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Airport COVID-19 safety measures still need work
Safety measures taken by U.S. airports have lowered travelers’ risks of getting the new coronavirus, but more needs to be done, a new report claims. “To be clear, we are not saying that it is safe to fly,” but precautions…
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New method for evaluating vaccine safety
A research group at the University of Turku, Finland, has led the development of a new method to evaluate vaccine safety. The new method may significantly reduce the use of animal testing in the vaccine industry. Vaccines are safe and…
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First randomised trial backs safety of common heart drugs in COVID-19 patients
Heart patients hospitalized with COVID-19 can safely continue taking angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), according to the BRACE CORONA trial presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2020. ACE inhibitors and ARBs are…
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Neglecting coronavirus safety measures could lead to 'worst fall ever,' CDC director warns
Fox News Flash top headlines for August 13 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. If Americans don’t follow safety measures against COVID-19, a top health official recently warned this upcoming autumn could be the "worst" from…
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Analytics and data collecting spur helmet safety in football
While no one is actually playing football right now, analytics and data collecting are contributing to safety in the sport like at no other time. Riddell, which topped the recent NFL/NFLPA helmet ratings with three of its models, has dived…
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World-wide safety ranking: a country manages Corona-crisis better than Germany
Only a single country manages the Corona-crisis better than Germany. This is the result of data analysts of the London-based think tank with Deep Knowledge Group. In the of the specialists created a security ranking of Germany lands on place…
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The US is fast-tracking a coronavirus vaccine, but bypassing safety standards may not be worth the cost
Last week American biotech company Moderna commenced the first clinical trial of a vaccine for COVID-19. Similar studies are reportedly being planned in the US, China, Israel, Australia and elsewhere, with at least 20 potential vaccines under development. The usual…
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