Health and Safety in the News
Some recent news items concerning health & safety, including recommendations and campaigns from around the world, are listed below.
World Health Day 2020: Support Nurses and Midwives
7th April is World Health Day. In 2020 World Health Day highlights the status of nursing around the world. WHO has launched the first ever State of the World's Nursing Report.
Consultation about allergen warnings on medicines (NZ)
New Zealand's Safety Authority for medicines and medical devices has opened a public consultation about the introduction of new labelling requirements for non-active substances in medicines that mi...
FDA Regulation for Food Safety during Transportation (USA)
The FDA (USA) has announced details of a new food safety regulation to reduce the risk of food contamination during transportation. The new rule requires transportation of human and animal food by ...
Goats' milk formula not the answer for infants allergic to cows' milk
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has issued a warning that it considers goats milk infant and follow-on formula unlikely to be suitable for infants with a cows' milk protein allergy. This is beca...
FDA proposes action level for arsenic in apple juice
The U.S. FDA has proposed a so-called action level for arsenic in apple juice, the level to be set at 10 parts per billion (ppb) for inorganic arsenic in apple juice, i.e. the same level as that se...
Medical sharps injuries and risks to medical personnel
UK nurses organization the RCN has urged swift implementation of new regulations to protect staff from medical sharps injuries. The purpose of these regulations is to protect all health and medical...
Improved RxNorm drug naming standard for electronic health records (USA)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States has recently announced that data contributed by First DataBank has improved the utility of the drug vocabulary produced by NIH. All medi...
Cancer increases risk of developing listeria by 5x
Listeriosis is a rare but serious food-borne illness caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. Some groups of people can be more seriously affected by this type of food poisoning than others....
UK Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) announced
A new UK Food Hygiene scheme has been launched to help the general public make informed choices about where to buy food products. The scheme is open to
Healthcare in England: CQC response to AvMA report on safety alerts
The Care Quality Commission (CQC), independent regulator of all health and adult social care in England, has been working closely with the Department of Health and the National Patient Safety Agenc...
66% consumers unaware of Northern Ireland's most common food poisoning
The purpose of this year’s Food Safety Week, which takes place across Northern Ireland from 7th to 13th June, is to get consumers involved in preventing food poisoning by Campylobacter. The public ...
UK FSA reminds parents of advice on feeding honey to babies
Botulism is caused by a germ that normally lives in a dormant form in soil and dust and occasionally gets into honey. If the germ gets in to a baby’s intestine it can grow and produce a toxin or po...
Call to protect hospitals, schools from impact of disasters
WHO and UNICEF today called on governments to strengthen risk reduction measures in four key areas so that health and education systems are able to cope with disasters, including the risks from cli...
Appointment of Dr. Sandy McEwan as Special Advisor to Minister of Health on Medical Isotopes
Canadian Minister of Health, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, has announced the appointment of Dr. Alexander (Sandy) McEwan as Special Advisor on Medical Isotopes to the Minister of Health for the du...
News about education includes research revealing more about how people learn and the best ways to teach particular ages or abilities of children and adults. It also includes news about schools, colleges and universities around the world.
