Showing posts with label Safety. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Safety. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Minnesota DNR Offers Bird Flu Safety Advice To Hunters

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Credit Wikipedia   # 9939   Although we’ve not seen any indication that any of the recently introduced ( or reassorted ) North Am...
Thursday, February 05, 2015

CDC Report On Investigation Into December’s Ebola Lab Incident

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Credit CDC PHIL     # 9675   All in all, 2014 will go down as a difficult year for CDC labs, with several high profile lab bios...
Friday, August 15, 2014

CDC H5N1 Incident & Lab Safety Progress Reports

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Transferring H7N9 Into Vials – Credit CDC   # 8959   In the wake of two serious lapses in biosecurity at CDC labs involving bo...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014

The Journal Nature Weighs In On Lab Accidents & Biosafety

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    # 8890   In the wake of revelations regarding laboratory safety lapses both at the FDA and the CDC involving ` select ag...
Thursday, July 24, 2014

CDC Statement On Formation Of An External Lab Safety Workgroup

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Credit CDC PHIL   # 8864   In the wake of two serious breaches in biosecurity at CDC labs involving anthrax and H5N1 avian flu...
Saturday, July 12, 2014

Kansas DHE Reports Naegleria Fowleri Fatality

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L & R: Trophozoites of N. fowleri in brain tissue, stained with H&E. Center: Ameboflagellate trophozoite of N. fowleri. Credit...
Tuesday, July 01, 2014

AAP: Systemic Review Finds Childhood Vaccines Very Safe (Again)

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  # 8798   The American Academy of Pediatrics ( AAP ) has announced today the early findings of a new systemic review of childhood ...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

Lightning Safety Awareness Week June 22nd - 28th

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Credit NOAA       # 8786   One of the indelible lessons I learned as a young paramedic – working as I did in the lightning capi...
Thursday, June 05, 2014

Naegleria Fowleri: Rare, Deadly & Avoidable

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Credit CDC     # 8710   While exceedingly rare in the United States, nearly every summer we hear of one or two ( almost always ...
Friday, October 25, 2013

NIOSH Webinar: Debunking N95 Myths

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      #7901   Roughly 20 million Americans use respirators as part of their work, yet there remain some common myths over how ...
Thursday, June 27, 2013

New Scientist: Don’t Stop Stockpiling Tamiflu

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    UPDATED :  My thanks to Debra MacKenzie   for her comment, and link to New Scientist article from last week ( Evidence that Tam...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Safety: Before And After The Storm

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  AREAS UNDER THE GUN AGAIN TODAY   # 7299   While it may seem hard to believe after seeing the video coming out of the Mid...