Year: 2009

By Rob Stein Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, October 4, 2009 Billions of tax dollars have been paid to giant pharmaceutical companies. Millions of doses of vaccine are on their… Read more »

October 5, 2009 BOSTON MEDICAL Center, the city’s main health care provider for poor and minority residents, is at a dangerous point. Its projections show serious and increasing budgetary shortfalls,… Read more »

OPINION: Don’t force medical pros to get H1N1 vaccine October 3, 2009 By GEORGE J. ANNAS George J. Annas is a professor of health law, bioethics and human rights at… Read more »

Number of U.S. Children With Autism Up 50% in Two Years The incidence of autism spectrum disorder in eight-year-olds in the U.S. has risen by 50% since 2007, from one… Read more »

Study: More cases of autism in U.S. kids than previously realized

Lisa Schnirring Staff Writer Oct 5, 2009 (CIDRAP News) – The nation’s first doses of the pandemic H1N1 vaccine were administered today, mainly to a limited group of healthcare workers… Read more »

The following updates were made to CDC information and guidance from Sept 28 – Oct 05, 2009.  If you have any questions on these or other clinical issues, please write… Read more »

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Unions Urge Against Mandatory Flu Shots For Hospital Workers, October 1, 2009 As an expected surge of H1N1 approaches with the upcoming flu season, New York State and some individual… Read more »

The Vaccine Information Statements (VIS) for both the inactivated and live, intranasal H1N1 influenza vaccines are now available for download from the CDC at