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William T. Basco, Jr., MD

The updated Handling and Patient Administration of Live, Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV) video is now available on FluMist.com.  Click the following link to watch this video to learn how FluMist… Read more »

TORONTO — An unpublished Canadian study that suggests getting an annual flu shot may make it easier to contract swine flu has caused most provincial governments in Canada to postpone… Read more »

Preliminary evidence suggests there is some protection offered by the 2008-9 trivalent inactivated vaccine against pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009 (swine flu), particularly severe forms of the disease.

Bagged salad safety: Rising threat of food-borne illness lurks in convenient packages of leafy greens Leafy greens are the riskiest food regulated by the FDA, researchers for nonprofit center say… Read more »

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Sluggish delivery of the swine flu vaccine is putting thousands of Bay State residents at risk for the potentially deadly virus before they even get a shot at a preventative… Read more »

Nursing News ANA Awarded Funding to Boost Immunization Rates for Nurses and Public Oct. 5, 2009 – The American Nurses Association (ANA) announced it has been awarded a two-year cooperative… Read more »

GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) restated its confidence in the H1N1 flu vaccine on Tuesday, calling it the most important tool against the pandemic. Mild adverse side… Read more »