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By Amesh A. Adalja, May 4, 2009 As cases of 2009 H1N1 influenza continue to accrue worldwide, more clinical information has become available and is useful in guiding the medical… Read more »

Judi Campbell inches along at work with the help of a walker. Degenerative arthritis has ruined her hip and ravaged much of her body, so she takes prescription painkillers every… Read more »

Interim Leadership Established – Founding Convention Set for December CHICAGO—Three influential nurses’ organizations late last week set in motion a process for building what some are already calling an RN… Read more »

Dear volunteer, As you know there are now six confirmed cases of Swine Flu (H1N1) in Massachusetts. In the United States, as of May 4, 2009 (11 AM EDT), there… Read more »

A runny nose. A cough. A sore throat. And even pork eaten a week ago. After a week of headlines about the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, many emergency rooms… Read more »

ONE OF THE hopes of healthcare reformers in Massachusetts has been that extending insurance to nearly all residents would cause the previously uninsured to seek treatment with primary care physicians… Read more »

The Boston Globe’s largest union last night called on The

Mary’s Note:

YOU REPORTED that visits to Massachusetts emergency rooms grew 7 percent between 2005 and 2007, and that many of these visits could have been treated in a doctor’s office. Many… Read more »