NIOSH has laid off or put on leave two-thirds of its staff, potentially risking valuable biological samples and research due ...

The layoffs come amid a sweeping federal reorganization effort led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F.

As other “Hands Off” protests are held around the country, Morgantown residents added their voices to the movement on ...

The lab has halted almost all of its regular work and is preparing to shut down in June. That’s because of the most recent ...

Former NIOSH employees are continuing to speak out against federal cuts that will negatively impact coal miner safety in West ...

Several people line West Virginia 705 in Morgantown on Wednesday to protest layoffs at the federal NIOSH research facility. (Photo by Ron Rittenhouse of The Dominion Post) MORGANTOWN — About 40 ...

About 40 people gathered this week to protest federally mandated cuts to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health facility in Morgantown.  At least 185 researchers and other employees ...

Seven federal workers who abruptly lost their jobs in recent weeks say they are worried that thousands of biological samples—from human urine to frozen rodent organs—may be left to rot in a ...

As a physician who specializes in occupational health, I have worked closely with colleagues at the National Institutes of ...

NIOSH has punched far above its weight. It has done its work on a budget of less than $2 per year per worker, making it one of the nation’s most cost-effective and efficient agencies in all of ...

The Trump administration’s mass federal firings include the scientific investigators who make dangerous workplaces safe for ...