Disease Agents & Vectors

Knowing what you or your business can be liable for is powerful information. Unfortunately, the policies that can help guide employees about the legal dos and don'ts are too often viewed as roadblocks...

The path between encouraging employees to stay home when they are sick and correcting attendance problems can be very tricky to navigate.

Companies and entire industries can suffer dire consequences from health scares and product recalls - and often they're just collateral damage.

Preparing for an outbreak of disease falls within the employer responsibility to provide a safe and healthy workplace and it can provide peace of mind and direction if this outbreak worsens or reoccurs...

CMS posted several announcements on Friday concerning flu shots and Medicare preventive services and extended benefits. I've published them here for your easy reference.

People ask me all the time, "You travel a lot, what do you do about germs?" Well, I haven't gone all Howard Hughes yet but I did do one curious thing. I actually...

Public relations are crucial to controlling public perception of your business. Even if you don't have the budget to retain a PR firm, you can still manage your public image. As usual, one...

November 27 to December 3 is National Influenza Vaccination Week. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has designated the week after Thanksgiving as National Influenza Vaccination Week. This week long event...

Walking towards the counter to order my English Breakfast Tea and Cream Cheese muffin I couldn´t help but notice how stunning the blonde behind the register was. Pleasantly she took my order, ran...

( Blogger's Note :Every Monday readers write appears in this space. To have your questions answered email editor@sonomanapafoodie.com.) Dear Blogger: Got caught up in the spinach recall. I sell more spinach salads with...

You've probably heard about the e-coli outbreak in Florida (28+ at last count) from earlier this year that was tracked to one petting zoo. It's a sad situation. But what you haven't heard...