Year: 2009

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 »

Attached are two studies just published in the NEJM that indicate that one dose of the H1N1 vaccine may be sufficient to elicit sufficient antibody response. A third study is… 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 »

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 »

Transmission of influenza virus in temperate zones is predominantly by aerosol, in the tropics by contact: A hypothesis by Anice Lowen and Peter Palese,Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY Using… Read more »

Nicole Lurie, M.D., M.S.P.H. In December 2009, the Department of Health and Human Services will present to Congress its first-ever national health security strategy, outlining high-priority activities and areas of… Read more »

John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, September 8, 2009 Healthcare reform has elbowed out a lot of other major healthcare industry news of late, and that’s understandable. The next few weeks… Read more »