Please note: The MNA (Massachusetts Nurses Association) has been working with the MDPH (Massachusetts Department of Public Health) on the issue of seasonal and H1N1 flu. MDPH has strongly stated… Read more »
Year: 2009
Sept 28 09 Efficacy Of Seasonal (2008) Influenza vaccine
Sept 28 2009 New York State’s PEF statement on mandated vaccinations
Sept 27 09: SITUATION REPORT . MASSACHUSETTS H1N1 RESPONSE
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Wash Post Sept 26 09 Doctors, Hospitals Feeling the Weight of Swine Flu: Health-Care Workers Say Patient Load Is Swiftly Increasing
Health-Care Workers Say Patient Load Is Swiftly IncreasingBy Rob SteinWashington Post Staff WriterSunday, September 27, 2009 In Austin, Texas, so many parents are rushing their children to the Dell Memorial… Read more »
Wash Post Sept 26 09 Doctors, Hospitals Feeling the Weight of Swine Flu: Health-Care Workers Say Patient Load Is Swiftly Increasing
Doctors, Hospitals Feeling the Weight of Swine FluHealth-Care Workers Say Patient Load Is Swiftly IncreasingBy Rob SteinWashington Post Staff WriterSunday, September 27, 2009 In Austin, Texas, so many parents are… Read more »
Sept 25 09 CDC Health Update: Updated Pediatric Antiviral Dosing Syringe and Compounding Information for 2009 H1N1 and Seasonal Flu – Sept. 25, 2009
This is an official CDC Health Update Distributed via Health Alert Network September 25, 2009, 13:51 EST (1:51 PM EST) CDCHAN-00298-09-09-25-UPD-N UpdatedPediatricAntiviral Dosing Syringe and Compounding Information for 2009 H1N1… Read more »
September 25 2009 Mandatory Flu Vaccination Policies Spreading in a number of states
In many states, hospitals, healthcare systems, and in the case of New York State, the NY Department of Health, are beginning to mandate flu vaccination. This is not the case… Read more »
Sept 25 09 CDC Health Update: Updated Pediatric Antiviral Dosing Syringe and Compounding Information for 2009 H1N1 and Seasonal Flu – Sept. 25, 2009
Background As of September 25, 2009 influenza activity is increasing in the United States with 26 states reporting widespread influenza activity. So far, ninety-nine percent of all subtyped influenza viruses… Read more »
Reuters Sept 24 2009 Rapid flu tests miss many swine flu cases: CDC
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Sept 25 2009 “Nurse Shortage Hampers Swine Flu Response – Health News Story – Boston”
School Nurse Shortage Hampers Swine Flu Response Only 45% Of Public Schools Have Full-Time Nurse TERENCE CHEA, Associated Press Writer POSTED: 5:21 am EDT September 25, 2009 UPDATED: 7:29 am… Read more »