Health and Safety at Work

As Newt Gingrich lashes out at "liberal elites," Mitt Romney is casting the 2012 campaign as "free enterprise on trial" -- and Mr. Romney defines free enterprise as achieving success through "risk-taking." U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donahue,...

CHARLEVOIX — Charlevoix County leaders changed the county's retiree health insurance policy to match employees'. County commissioners voted Wednesday to approve a new health care plan for retirees, one that mirrors the one held by full-time...

Area Catholic colleges and other religious-based employers are considering their options in the wake of a federal order that they must provide birth-control coverage to women employees by Aug. 1, 2013. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services...

WASHINGTON (AP)— One of the most popular provisions of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul — consumer-friendly summaries of what your insurance plan covers — suddenly seems to be at risk. Consumer groups say it’s...

Washington County residents have, on average, higher rates of cancer, heart attacks and strokes than the rest of Maryland, and one place to begin improving those statistics is in the workplace, a state disease expert said Friday. Maryland has...

A state agency is investigating after a measurable amount of lead was found at a Roanoke elementary school. On Thursday, Deputy Superintendent Curt Baker with the Roanoke City schools told WDBJ7 the lead samples were detected in paint.  The paint is...

A Maryland corrections division that provides inmate labor has backed out of a data entry contract with the health department after state auditors found that prisoners had access to some patients' personal information, which was supposed to have been...

SAN DIEGO -- Unionized health care workers began a 24-hour strike in San Diego Tuesday as part of a work stoppage at 160 Kaiser Permanente facilities statewide. Walkouts involved about 80 Kaiser Permanente facilities in Southern California, including the...

SAN DIEGO -- Authorities released the name Tuesday of a 41-year-old private pilot killed when the spinning propeller of a light plane hit him in the head at Gillespie Field. Gordon Woodard of Lakeside was mortally injured about 8:30 a.m. Monday while...