The now-shutdown National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has been the gold standard for testing and certifying respirators in the United States ...

About two-thirds of the staff that provides free examinations for the deadly disease, which one study says affects 1 in 5 ...

Despite the increasing numbers of worker death and injury, the Trump administration has aimed to eliminate safety protections. And the attacks on science and research are absurd.

Epidemic Intelligence Service officers help investigate outbreaks and other health emergencies. Meanwhile, Washington state’s attorney general alleges the Trump administration has violated a ...

A new report shows West Virginia’s workplace death rate is among the country’s highest. Labor leaders are calling for more safety standards.

Kanawha County coal miner Harry Wiley was diagnosed with black lung last November and is still working underground where the ...

The Trump administration's cuts to NIOSH have gutted crucial programs affecting millions of workers across the U.S.

Plaintiffs argue the shutdown of NIOSH in Morgantown and the coal miner health and safety programs they perform was illegal ...

Chemical hair straighteners promise smooth, frizz-free hair, but research has linked these treatments to an increased risk of ...

CDC researchers report a rate of 7.1 per 100,000, an increase from 5.3 per 100,000 in a previous study. But improved ...

If there were problems with how NIOSH ran, the answer should have been to fix them, not eliminate the only agency standing ...

The attorneys representing U.S. Health and Human Services said a lawsuit is premature because nobody knows yet what will ...