The U.S. commercial chicken industry announces a testing program to ensure chicken flocks and food products made from them are free of potentially hazardous forms of avian influenza.

Stephen Pretanik, director of science and technology for the National Chicken Council (NCC), says, "Through comprehensive testing covering all flocks, chicken companies will add another layer to the multiple barriers that already exist to protect Americans consumers and continue to ensure safety and quality of the food supply

A hospital housekeeper, who noticed OSHA violations at his job, videotaped the infractions and upon showing them to his employers was fired.

David Vega, a housekeeper at Enloe Medical Center, was illegally fired after providing management a videotape documenting repeated episodes of improperly disposed biohazardous waste that posed a threat to the health and safety of patients and workers throughout the hospital

A new study reveals injuries associated with cheerleading are on the rise. Research finds cheerleading injuries more than doubled from 1990 through 2002, while participation grew just 18 percent over the same period.

The study, published Tuesday in the journal Pediatrics, estimates 208,800 young people ages 5 to 18 were treated at U.S. hospitals for cheerleading-related injures during the 13-year period. Most of the injuries were suffered by 12- to 17-year-olds; nearly 40 percent being leg, ankle and foot injuries

A new study reveals injuries associated with cheerleading are on the rise. Research finds cheerleading injuries more than doubled from 1990 through 2002, while participation grew just 18 percent over the same period.

The study, published Tuesday in the journal Pediatrics, estimates 208,800 young people ages 5 to 18 were treated at U.S. hospitals for cheerleading-related injures during the 13-year period. Most of the injuries were suffered by 12- to 17-year-olds; nearly 40 percent being leg, ankle and foot injuries

A study finds that children riding in sport utility vehicles are no safer than those in passenger cars, due to the doubled risk of rollovers in SUVs canceling out the safety advantages of their greater size and weight.

The findings dispute the "bigger-equals-safer" myth that has helped fuel the growing popularity of SUVs among families