STATE ADOPTS EMERGENCY RULES TO EXPAND POOL OF FLU VACCINE ADMINISTRATORS By Gintautas Dumcius STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, AUG. 12, 2009…..Faced with budget cutbacks at the local level and the need… Read more »
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Massachusetts: Dentists, pharmacists and paramedics to administer H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine
Global healthcare takes more than a pill (PS)
AS THE United States works on a comprehensive global health strategy as part of its commitment to fighting world poverty, it faces an opportune moment to move beyond tracking the… Read more »
IOM hears diverse findings on PPE for flu
Aug 12, 2009 (CIDRAP News) – A task force of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), charged with making recommendations about how to protect healthcare workers against novel H1N1 influenza, today… Read more »
Globe Aug 13 ’09 State takes extra steps to battle flu in fall: Deputizes dentists, others to help with vaccinations
By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff | August 13, 2009 Massachusetts health authorities took the unprecedented step yesterday of deputizing dentists, paramedics, and pharmacists to help administer vaccines against both the… Read more »
Don’t Forget About the Bacterial Threat – WSJ.com, Mitchell J. Schwaber and Yehuda Carmeli
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Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Information Statements (VIS) from MDPh Aug. 12 2009
The 2009-10 seasonal flu VISs have been posted at
Hearing Ends With No Ruling August 5, 2009 – Kermit, TX
A longer than expected morning in court ended without a ruling from the judge on a hearing for two nurses indicted in Winkler County.; The Honorable James L. Rex, state… Read more »
Mass. bashers take note: Health reform is working (MS)
PUNDITS and politicians who oppose universal healthcare for the nation have a new straw man to kick around – the Massachusetts reform plan that covers more than 97 percent of… Read more »
Who will stand strong in heat of healthcare fight? (MS)
HOUSE SPEAKER Nancy Pelosi flashed some mighty sharp fangs last week at the insurance industry. The industry, along with drug companies, hospitals, and medical associations, is trying to torpedo government… Read more »
At N.H. forum, Obama hits back at ‘wild’ criticism of health bill (MS)
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – President Obama traveled to a town hall meeting in a high school gymnasium here yesterday to counter what he called “wild misrepresentations’’ about his proposed healthcare overhaul… Read more »
