Year: 2009

FYI – NACCHO is hosting a second webinar to discuss other strategies for using schools as venues for mass influenza vaccination campaigns. This webinar will be held Monday, September 14… Read more »

Attached is a federal OSHA citation issued to a hospital that failed to follow the CDC guidelines for respirator use among healthcare workers who were treating patients with confirmed, suspected, or… Read more »

Obama urges Congress to overhaul health care, spells out details; Denounces misrepresentations, evokes Kennedy’s moral stance By Lisa Wangsness and Susan Milligan, Globe Staff  |  September 10, 2009 WASHINGTON –… Read more »

By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff  |  September 8, 2009 From little-known city councilor candidates to veteran congressmen, a crush of politicians worked the Back Bay hotel ballroom as if it… Read more »

By Meghan E. Irons, Globe Staff  |  September 8, 2009 More than 1,000 advocates for a new national health care system rallied on Boston Common yesterday, shouting slogans and holding… Read more »

Sweeney exiting amid new optimism By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times  |  September 8, 2009 LOS ANGELES – He came to power as an insurgent vowing to shake up… Read more »

THE BOSTON Teachers Union is trying to turn the tables on its critics by opening a pilot school that removes layers of bureaucracy between students and their teachers. Randi Weingarten,… Read more »

Governor looks to ease burden small businesses pay to cover workers By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff  |  September 11, 2009 President Obama’s vision for overhauling the nation’s health care looks… Read more »

Imperial College London News Release Under strict embargo for Thursday 10 September 2009 10.00 British Summer Time Pandemic swine flu can infect cells deeper in the lungs than seasonal flu… Read more »