City to pinpoint areas of low rates of vaccination By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff | November 21, 2008 Using technology originally developed for mass disasters, Boston disease trackers are embarking… Read more »
Year: 2009
Globe Nov 21 08 Boston launches flu shot tracking
Sept 20 09 U of Chicago plague researcher dies of probably lab acquired infection
Autopsy shows weakened strain of bacteria in blood of U. of C. prof — officials say no public health threat September 20, 2009 BY
New York Health Care Workers Resist Flu Vaccine Rule
The following is a link to the article in the New York Times, "New York Health Care Workers Resist Flu Vaccine Rule."
Globe Sept 17 09 “In public health bill, a contagion of fear: State rebuts talk of forced injections”
State rebuts talk of forced injections By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff | September 17, 2009 The banner, bold and provocative, was tattooed with a syringe, skull and crossbones, and a… Read more »
Sept 18 09 DMH Behavioral Health materials re to Pandemics
Implementation of Final Emergency Regulation Authorizing Administration of Vaccine by Designated Health Care Professionals
Here is the link to the MDPH VaccinatorTrainings (
H1N1 vaccine production far less than forecast: WHO
By Reuters – Fri Sep 18, 2:23 AM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) – Annual production of H1N1 vaccine will be "substantially less" than the 4.9 billion doses that the World Health… Read more »
Sept 18 09 45,000 American deaths associated with lack of insurance – Personal stories
45,000 American deaths associated with lack of insurance
MNA Supports DPH Plan Requiring Health Care Employers to Provide Flu Vaccination to Health Care Workers
MNA Encourages its Members Become Vaccinated CANTON, MA – As the state prepares for the upcoming influenza season, the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA), the state’s largest union of registered nurses… Read more »
Houston Chronicle article on whether Employers can require flu shots
By L.M. SIXEL Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle Sept. 17, 2009, 7:02AM With some hospitals requiring their workers to have seasonal flu shots and even more considering it, a big question… Read more »
