More evidence of Boston University’s inability to assure safety in its laboratories confirms the decision of MNA and community members to oppose operation of an even more dangerous level 4… Read more »
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Nov 10 09 Globe BU Medical campus lab confirmed as source of student’s menin
From MA DPH Order Pursuant to M.G.L. c.111, s.5A Regarding Prescribing and Dispensing Tamiflu for Oral Suspension
BU student caught bacterial infection from lab, tests show
By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff | November 10, 2009 Sophisticated genetic fingerprinting confirmed that a laboratory experiment was the source of a bacterial infection that sickened a graduate student on… Read more »
Globe Nov 8 2009 A day in the life of a pandemic (MDPH story)
On Thursday it was 63,500 swine flu doses, and hundreds of thousands in need. So who will get the vaccine? Inside the world of the state officials and doctors who… Read more »
Nurses Protest Threat of Layoffs
Why Is Cooley Dickinson Hospital/VNA Threatening LayoffsAfter Showing $8 Million in Profits? In the last fiscal year Cooley Dickinson Hospital has shown a profit of $8 million. As the fiscal… Read more »
Nov 9 09 EU moving forward with cell based technology for vaccine production
Interesting update from Europe where a Dutch company – in cooperation with a Russian pharmaceutical company – is moving forward with a production facility to use cell-based technology to produce… Read more »
Nov 9 2009 NY state Doh agrees N95s are the appropriate standard for H1N1
The helpful new New York DoH guidance on N95 respirators (below) is in contrast to our MDPH’s failure to support MNA’s request to set N95s as the standard for staff… Read more »
AP Nov 6 2009 Goldman Sachs, Citigroup Got Swine Flu Vaccine
Associated Press November 06, 2009 Some of New York’s biggest companies, including Wall Street giants Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, received doses of swine flu vaccine for at-risk employees, drawing criticism… Read more »
Nov 6 2009 NSO’s Outstanding Nurse Search Contest
Reminder – Nominate Your Favorite Nurse for the NSO Outstanding Nurse Search! In September, NSO launched the Outstanding Nurse Search, giving much deserving nursing professionals like you the opportunity to… Read more »
