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A unique state program that helps pay most health insurance costs for 27,000 unemployed Massachusetts residents is on the cusp of going broke, setting off a debate between healthcare advocates… Read more »

See the link to the CDC Q&A on H1N1 vaccination planning below:

States to designate providers to give H1N1 vaccines Robert Roos News Editor Aug 10, 2009 (CIDRAP News) – State health departments will decide which providers will administer the pandemic H1N1… Read more »

When it opens this fall, the gleaming corridors of the Shands Healthcare cancer center in Gainesville, Florida, will contain far more than meets the eye. Invisible veins of wireless and… Read more »

Click on the links below to read the Model standing orders:

AS NATIONAL policy makers fashion a healthcare bill modeled in no small part on Massachusetts’ landmark health reform law, they need to address a major flaw that has emerged here…. Read more »

MARDELA SPRINGS, Md. – Repeated heckling and shouted interruptions – “Answer the question!’’ “We’re your employers!’’ “You don’t get it!’’ – overtook a town hall-style meeting in rural Maryland this… Read more »

By CATHLEEN F. CROWLEY and ERIC NALDER HEARST NEWSPAPERS Aug. 7, 2009, 5:22PM Richard Flagg drowned in his own blood. Stanley Stinnett choked on his own vomit. Both were victims… Read more »

Contents: Massachusetts, National and International H1N1 ActivityExclusion Period (Updated)School Guidance (Updated)MMWR-Evaluation of Rapid Influenza Diagnostic TestsNovel H1N1 Influenza VaccineNovel H1N1 Influenza Vaccine SafetySeasonal Influenza VaccineMassachusetts H1N1 Flu ActivityAs of August… Read more »