PULLMAN, Wash. – On Friday, the WSU Board of Regents granted President Floyd’s request for extended medical leave. Please allow me to clarify a couple of points concerning our administrative structure during his absence.
By Scott Weybright, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Gender and personality matter in how people cope with physical and mental illness, according to a paper by a Washington State University scientist and colleagues at the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce.
By Kevin Dudley, WSU Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. – A nursing professor at Washington State University Spokane has developed materials to save time and money for employees, employers and the state’s Department of Labor & Industries (L&I).
By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – A fungus found in semiarid parts of the Southwest that sometimes launches a lethal illness has been identified for the first time in Washington state soil, leading public health officials and an internationally known fungal expert at Washington State University to believe the organism is quietly spreading […]
RICHLAND – Tucked away in a metal-sided warehouse at the Richland Airport, WSU researchers sift through years, even decades, of data files and human tissue samples in an attempt to track how previous nuclear workers were affected by plutonium, uranium and other nuclear-industry related elements. The project is called “The United States Transuranium […]
U.S. Human Cases of H1N1 Flu Infection (As of May 5, 2009, 11:00 AM ET) States # of laboratory confirmed cases Deaths Alabama 4 Arizona 17 California 49 Colorado 6 Connecticut 2 Delaware 20 Florida 5 Georgia 1 Idaho 1 Illinois 82 Indiana […]
No cases of swine flu have been detected in Washington state, according to a press release by the state’s Department of Health, and the risk of exposure is currently low. Both the Department of Health and the national Centers for Disease Control have issued several press releases on the swine flu outbreak and posted […]
As of the new year, there is an easier and faster way to report workplace injuries and illnesses via an online form. The completed form will be routed electronically to Human Resource Services (HRS), Environmental Health & Safety, and the employee’s supervisor. The revised Safety Policies and Procedures Manual (SPPM Section 25.20) on accident reporting describes […]
“It has been suggested by many researchers that these chronic illnesses — with overlapping signs and symptoms — may share a common causal mechanism.” — Martin Pall The dragging feeling had come on slowly. For weeks he brushed it away with easy rationalizations, but now he had to admit something was definitely wrong. An insidious […]
The Whitman County Public Health Department has confirmed a case of pulmonary tuberculosis in a 20-year-old undergraduate student at Washington State University. Bruce Wright, director of WSU Health and Wellness Services, said he is confident the situation poses no general threat to other students or the population at large. He said health officers have interviewed […]