Year: 2009

As Congress and the Obama Administration debate comprehensive national health reform, it is worth remembering that the state of Massachusetts grappled with some of the same issues before passing its… Read more »

Getting ready for flu By Elizabeth Cooney, Globe Correspondent  |  August 24, 2009School nurses work on the front lines of children’s health care, says Mimi Stamer, president of the Massachusetts… Read more »

Legal Obligations to the Dangerous Patient Carolyn Buppert, NP, JD Published: 08/18/2009 Duty and Dangerous Patients When a nurse encounters a patient who is likely to harm himself or another,… Read more »

This Friday, August 28, Bill Moyers Journal will preview excerpts from "MONEY-DRIVEN MEDICINE," the powerful new documentary on the medical-industrial complex, produced by Academy Award-winner Alex Gibney ("Taxi to the… Read more »

WH Warns Massive Swine Flu Spread Dire Report Says 50 Percent Infection Rate, Up to 90,000 Deaths Possible This Flu Season From H1N1 By BRIAN HARTMAN, SARAH HERNDON and LEE… Read more »

MDPH H1N1 Vaccine Program – Provider Registration InformationMDPH now has a website (

The following is a response from MDPH’s Dr. Al DeMaria in regard to questions concerning Whether the H1N1 vaccine might pose any danger from thimerosol or from a chemical called… Read more »

By PAUL KRUGMANIt was the blooper heard round the world. In an editorial denouncing Democratic health reform plans, Investor’s Business Daily tried to frighten its readers by declaring that in… Read more »

A GOVERNMENT-RUN health insurance option serves two essential goals of health care reform. It provides needed competition in places where a single private insurer dominates the market, and its national… Read more »

By Nelson Hernandez and David BrownWashington Post Staff WritersMonday, August 24, 2009 One of the main battlegrounds in the fight against an expected resurgence of swine flu this fall will… Read more »