The Exponent Telegram (17.10.2017) Preventing and understanding respiratory diseases, especially those faced by coal miners, is one of the core missions of the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health, Respiratory Health facility in Morgantown. A part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NIOSH has facilities across the country. The one in Morgantown, next door to Ruby Memorial Hospital, opened in 1996. One of the facility’s four divisions is dedicated to respiratory health research and implementing new discoveries to the workplace.

Le Temps (08.10.2017) L’augmentation des coûts de la santé a un effet sur les équilibre économiques et sociaux. Si la proportion du PIB dédiée à la santé augmente fortement (c’est-à-dire plus que la moyenne des autres secteurs) alors c’est forcément au détriment des autres secteurs: nutrition, logement, éducation, transport, loisirs, etc.

news-medical (25.09.2017) Sleep disorders and sleep deficiency are hidden costs that affect employers across America. Seventy percent of Americans admit that they routinely get insufficient sleep, and 30 percent of U.S. workers and 44 percent of night shift workers report sleeping less than six hours per night. In addition, an estimated 50-70 million people have a sleep disorder, often undiagnosed. Costs attributable to sleep deficiency in the U.S. was estimated to exceed $410 billion in 2015, equivalent to 2.28 percent of the gross domestic product.

The Guardian (15.09.2017) Speaking to opponents of universal healthcare in the US today is much like speaking to a moon-landing denier or any other conspiracy theorist – they insist on arguing impossibility in the face of proven reality.

El Tiempo Latino (19.08.2017) La atención médica con un pagador único sigue siendo una idea controversial en los Estados Unidos, pero la gran mayoría de los médicos está comenzando a apoyarla, según revela una nueva encuesta.

El País (26.07.2017) Vuelta a empezar. Donald Trump no está dispuesto a dar su brazo a torcer. Tras el fracaso de la semana pasada, el presidente logró el martes un paso clave en la liquidación del Obamacare, el sistema sanitario que desde su implantación en 2010 ha dado cobertura a 20 millones de ciudadanos. En una tensa sesión en el Senado, los conservadores, con el voto de calidad del vicepresidente Mike Pence, presidente de la Cámara, aprobaron abrir el debate de la reforma sanitaria.

The Guardian (25.07.2017) As Republicans decide what to do with the current healthcare policy, nearly 26 million Americans remain without insurance – and that number could soon rise

El Nuevo Día (05.08.2017) El gobernador de Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rosselló, convirtió hoy con su firma en ley seis proyectos dirigidos a mejorar el acceso a los servicios de salud.

markets.businessinsider (08.08.2017) The construction industry has had one year to become compliant with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) respirable crystalline silica regulations. That compliance deadline has been extended from June 23, 2017, until September 23, 2017, to provide guidance and education to employers and at-risk workers regarding the dangers of exposure to airborne silica dust in the workplace.

How many people are in the gig economy? We’re very interested in this question at Nation1099, and, as it happens, it isn’t an easy question to find answers to, especially since the gig economy is growing and changing very fast and people mean many different things by the term. Employment in general is undergoing dramatic changes, often summarized as “the future of work” or Workforce 2.0.