Under pressure, HHS reinstates hundreds of occupational health workers
"I welcome the return of some NIOSH scientists, but this isn't the NIOSH that all American workers need," said Dr. Robert Harrison, who directs the Occupational Health Program at the University of California San Francisco.
CDC NORA Council Cuts: A Threat to Emergency Services
The NIOSH National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) council has been instrumental in advancing research and developing strategies that ensure the health and safety of emergency services professionals. Its dissolution poses significant risks to the well.
Commission On Health And Safety And Workers' Compensation
July 17 – The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation issued a bulletin release of the California Janitor Workload Study by the University of California San Francisco and UC Berkeley. The report, requested by Assemblymember Miguel Santiago, presents an overview of the physical workload, psychosocial stress, and work climate factors contributing to a high prevalence of adverse health outcomes among a sample of California janitors collected between October 2021 and January 2023.
Trump cuts threaten safety training for workers in America’s most dangerous jobs
"The Trump administration on April 1 terminated about 875 of the roughly 1,000 employees at NIOSH, including most of the staff who provide technical advice and support to a dozen Centers for Agricultural Safety and Health focused on fishing, farming and logging workers."
Trump Budget to Workers: Drop Dead
"Late Friday afternoon, the administration dumped its detailed FY 2026 budget proposals for OSHA, MSHA , NIOSH and the Chemical Safety Board. The administration’s budget requests that Congress impose devastating cuts in OSHA, MSHA, NIOSH as well as the elimination of the Chemical Safety Board."
Videos
RFK Jr. Tells Congressman Moore that NIOSH is Back!
Congressman Moore (R, West Virginia, District 2) questions Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., about cuts to NIOSH.
Coal miners happy with federal judge's decision in NIOSH injunction
Judge Irene Berger granted a preliminary injunction that would temporarily reinstate employees at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, ensuring that legally required black lung screenings would still take place. For miners like Mark Powell, those screenings are lifesaving.