This OSHA Hour webinar will feature special guest, Dr. John Howard, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Dr. Howard will be presenting on the science of COVID-19 and the related policy decisions surrounding the pandemic, in addition to the interplay between COVID-19 and occupational standards from his perspective as both a board-certified doctor in internal and occupational medicine and a lawyer. Dr. Howard will draw on his experience as a twice-appointed director of NIOSH and former chief of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA). Dr. Howard is at the forefront of specialists who are knowledgeable and authoritative on the subject of COVID-19 and the workplace.