Year: 2009
Oct 07 2009 Reassortment Patterns in Swine Influenza Viruses
Oct 6 09 ACEP: 2/3 of ED docs are seeing more patients and increased wait times due to MA “health reform”
Patients, Docs Rip ED Waits in Massachusetts John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, October 6, 2009 Nearly two-thirds of Massachusetts emergency physicians report more patients are seeking emergency care as… Read more »
October 7 09 Ch Tribune: Bagged salad safety: Rising threat of food-borne illness lurks in convenient packages of leafy greens
Bagged salad safety: Rising threat of food-borne illness lurks in convenient packages of leafy greens Leafy greens are the riskiest food regulated by the FDA, researchers for nonprofit center say… Read more »
Oct 6 09 Herald “Expert [member of MNA’s EP Task Force]: ‘Flu shots coming ‘too late’”
By Hillary Chabot Tuesday, October 6, 2009 – Updated 23h ago Sluggish delivery of the swine flu vaccine is putting thousands of Bay State residents at risk for the potentially… Read more »
Oct 7 09 From MDPH: Video on administration of live, attenuated nasal spray flu vaccine
The updated Handling and Patient Administration of Live, Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV) video is now available on FluMist.com. Click the following link to watch this video to learn how FluMist… Read more »
Oct 7 09 ACEP Recs re H1n1 and seasonal flu — N95s, Triage, Testing, Admission criteria, Antivirals etc
ACEP is identifying information to help you manage the current outbreak of H1N1 influenza. If you have questions or best practices to share,
Oct 7 2009 Biolabs: Who’s Minding the Store? Lies from BU, BMC and NIH
As most of you know, MNA has a formal position of opposition to the BSL4 lab which BU has constructed on its BMC campus in downtown Boston, and MNA has… Read more »
Wash Post Oct 7 09 CBO Says Senate Health Bill Would Reduce Federal Deficit
Updated 4:49 p.m. Oct 7 2009 By Lori Montgomery and Shailagh Murray A health-care reform bill drafted by the Senate Finance Committee would cost $829 billion over the next decade… Read more »
Oct 7 09 Study: Partial protection against novel influenza A/H1N1 2009 from seasonal flu injection!
Oct 7 2009 Study: Probiotics very effective in preventing colds and influenze like symptoms in pre-schoolers
Leyer GJ, Li S, Mubasher ME, Reifer C, Ouwehand AC Pediatrics. 2009;124:e172-179 Summary Leyer and colleagues conducted a randomized trial with 2 treatment arms and 1 control arm, in a… Read more »
