Nurse representatives and other employee advocates are pressing Cal/OSHA to rethink its stance on respirator protections, as the state attempts to remedy a severe shortage. The issue was thoroughly debated …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has received up to 1,500 complaints about employers alleged failing to provide proper protection during the COVID-19 crisis, according to DOSH Deputy Chief …
So far, California has six of the 12 cases of 2019-nCoV – novel coronavirus – in the United States, and health officials here expect more. California’s situation is a little …
One quarter of adults who wound up in emergency rooms for asthma were there because they were exposed to asthma-inducing substances in the workplace. A pilot study by the California …
The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) and the Cal/OSH Standards Board have diverging opinions on how to approach a petition by labor groups for an emergency regulation to …
A U.C.-Berkeley public health researcher has won, for now, his three-year quest to force public health officials to release a document on possible health effects from cell phones. The document …
An organization representing 61 health officers from California counties and cities petitioned the Cal/OSH Standards Board to drop its requirement for annual tuberculosis testing of healthcare workers. The requirement is …
Californians face the threat of tuberculosis from illegal immigrants and recently settled refugees, says an Arizona physician. But according to statistics from the California Department of Public Health, the threat …