Demonstrators outside Cincinnati's NIOSH office April 1, 2025 protesting cuts to staff at the facility by the Trump administration. Nearly all of the unionized employees at two federal facilities ...

Before 1970, America’s workplaces were very dangerous. American workers regularly suffered lacerations and lost limbs. Shipyard workers died of asbestosis. Coal miners suffocated from black lung ...

Each year, about 100 U.S. firefighters die and at least 80,000 are injured in the line of duty. Even though a 30-year overview prepared by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) reveals that ...

This week's cuts to HHS staffing have left employees at one agency division wondering what will become of all of their research. "One of the conversations I heard in the hallway was, 'What's going to ...

This special series features expert content developed by Medscape in collaboration with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). It is designed to deliver NIOSH's ...

Out of all the different face masks you can choose from, N95 respirators are the most protective, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). They’re designed to filter out at ...

Harry Colisino, right, a coal miner at the Marion County Coal company in Fairview, W.Va., holds a sign during a rally Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in support of some 185 researchers and other employees ...

Nearly all of the remaining staff at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health were laid off Friday, multiple officials and laid-off employees told CBS News, gutting programs ranging ...