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How Business Travelers Can Avoid Swine Flu

Experts say businesses and their employees must take precautions against the seasonal flu and the H1N1 virus on the road.  Read more

AIDS in the Workplace

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease that impairs the human immune system and renders it susceptible to infections that would be repell...  Read more

Smoke Free Environment

The term smoke free environment is sometimes used indiscriminately to discuss both 100 percent smoke free areas as well as segregated and ventilated areas...  Read more

Clean Your Cell Phone - Avoid Swine Flu

A couple of years ago we found out that germ-a-phobes had something new to worry about - their cellphones were Read more

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Hotline informational paragraphs on the above topic.  Read more

Companies Remain Unprepared for Bird Flu

A new survey shows the majority of business leaders believe a bird-flu pandemic is imminent, but have no contingency plans in place.  Read more

Flu Shot Shortage Could Hurt Business Productivity

Oct. 14, 2004 --American workers may be at increased risk of catching the flu this season as a result of a shortage of vaccinations and th...  Read more

Program Helps People with AIDS Be Productive Workers

Today' s treatments help people with HIV and AIDS live longer, more productive lives, but manycompanies haven' t kept up with the good news. "Emplo...  Read more

How to Build a Wellness Program

Starting a wellness program doesn't always mean installing a fitness center and hiring a full-time wellness coach. Here's how to improve your employee's heal...  Read more

Collaborative Effort Produces AIDS Education Kit

Business releases AIDS education product.  Read more

Health Crisis;

MORE THAN 12,000 PEOPLE are likely to get acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the next year, according to the Centers for Disease Control. For ...  Read more

Fleshing Out An Empire

Can the mastermind of Browning-Ferris do for fitness what he did for waste management?  Read more

Community Development Corporations

Community development corporations (CDCs) are locally based nonprofit organizations that work to help the residents of impoverished areas to improve their...  Read more

Coping with AIDS

How a company endured the trauma of losing one of its most valuable employees to AIDS.  Read more

Responding in a Time of Need

When disaster struck in Haiti, entrepreneur Jean Orelien rushed to assist his homeland.  Read more

Review: Change by Design

Inc. reviews Change by Design by Tim Brown, a book about innovation in service.  Read more

Endorsements and Testimonials

On the presumption that people are more likely to buy products other people, people they know, have already bought and liked, marketers the world over hav...  Read more

AIDS: I'll Think About It Tomorrow

Chart on employee disabilities, AIDS AIDS education.  Read more

Post-Katrina Recovery Must Be Carefully Planned

Chubb offers a checklist to help business owners pick up the pieces after disasters strike.  Read more

Would You Fire Someone for Refusing to Get a Flu Shot?

Some Michigan hospitals are making flu shots and other vaccines mandatory for employees.  Read more

Your Company and AIDS

Resources available on HIV AIDS education programs.  Read more

Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Emergint Technologies

A healthcare research consulting company that's helping the government do its job.  Read more

Farmers' Goods Called Risky Foods

Research claims that produce are more likely to transmit food-born illnesses, bad news for food entrepreneurs.  Read more

Most Businesses Unprepared For Swine Flu Outbreak

A Harvard survey exposes a lack of preparation in the business community and vulnerabilities in the workforce of smaller companies.  Read more

In The ER, Waiting Is The Hardest Part

Researchers at Harvard Medical School have handed another inconvenient truth to the politicos -- and I'm thinking specifically of Rudy Giuliani here -- wh...  Read more

Warning: A Good Economy May Be Hazardous to Your Health

New research shows a potential link between prosperous times and fatal heart attacks.  Read more

Walk This Way

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read more

Until Death, or Some Other Sticky Problem, Do Us Part

The best advice on partnership is: Don't. But if you must, here's what you need to know.  Read more

Innovating Schools, One Lunch at a Time

How this socially responsible business is transforming school lunch programs across the country to attack the obesity epidemic  Read more

9 Avoidable Workplace Health and Safety Hazards

Workplace health and safety hazards can be costly (to lives and the bottom line), but the good news is that they are largely preventable if you take the righ...  Read more

How to Purchase Commercial Real Estate

If you're thinking about purchasing office space, this guide will help you evaluate the pros and cons of leasing vs. buying, assemble a real estate search te...  Read more

Growth of 25,615%!

The number one company on the 2003 Inc. 500 list hit the top slot by developing a killer solution for backyard pest control.  Read more

Inc.'s Guide to 'Smart' Government Money

A guide to helping small companies profit from new economic-development programs.  Read more

Jon Pritchett's Dream of Reviving AstroTurf Became a PR Nightmare

Should he go all out to save the brand?  Read more

Case Study

Stung by slow sales, Zippo turns to brand extensions.  Read more

Case Study: Attempting a Global Merger

The CEOs lived on different continents and barely knew each other. Could they make a deal work?  Read more

The Other Bottom Line

How are you supposed to have the time or energy to keep your body in shape while growing a company? Here's why taking the time to take care of your health ma...  Read more

What's Luck Got to Do with It?

A latex-glove and -condom manufacturer wins the 1993 Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award.  Read more

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was established by the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) of 1970, whi...  Read more

PharmaJet Finally Gets Unstuck

After years of struggle, Kathy Callender is starting to make her do-gooder dream look like a great business.  Read more

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