The loss of the CDC’s occupational safety office, NIOSH, may have long-term consequences, particularly for H5N1 bird flu response.

To Michaels, that appeared to be a potential explanation for why NIOSH, with about a tenth of the CDC’s total employees, sustained more than a third of its 2,500 firings.

The CDC unit that dramatically reduced Black Lung Disease among coal miners has been fired in Trump's sweeping overhaul of health agencies. Mining communities must now grapple with its disappearance.

Rallies in Cincinnati and other cities drew not only fired CDC employees but also members of unions representing teachers, postal workers and bricklayers, Niemeier-Walsh said.NIOSH doctors review ...

NIOSH was founded in 1970 as the research arm of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, explained Bruce Bernard, MD, MPH, who retired from NIOSH in 2018 after 30 years of service, in a ...

The CDC says N95s offer the best protection against the virus, but still stresses "any mask is better than no mask." ... The CDC maintains a list of NIOSH-approved respirators that is updated weekly.

NIOSH said in a statement that it issued 750 “approval decisions” last year. CDC confirmed it uses the term “approval action” to refer to decisions such as denials, too.

Roughly 60% of KN95 respirators NIOSH evaluated during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021 didn’t meet the requirements they were intended to meet, according to the CDC. “If they’re made to the ...

The CDC has a list of NIOSH-approved masks here, so you can be confident you're purchasing a mask that meets all of the organization's breathability and leakage ratio standards.

NIOSH, a subagency under the CDC (and not part of OSHA), has advised employers to implement procedures to reduce exposures to smoke when necessary.