School Nurse Shortage Hampers Swine Flu Response Only 45% Of Public Schools Have Full-Time Nurse TERENCE CHEA, Associated Press Writer POSTED: 5:21 am EDT September 25, 2009 UPDATED: 7:29 am… Read more »
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Sept 25 2009 “Nurse Shortage Hampers Swine Flu Response – Health News Story – Boston”
Sept 25 09 CDC Health Update: Updated Pediatric Antiviral Dosing Syringe and Compounding Information for 2009 H1N1 and Seasonal Flu – Sept. 25, 2009
Background As of September 25, 2009 influenza activity is increasing in the United States with 26 states reporting widespread influenza activity. So far, ninety-nine percent of all subtyped influenza viruses… Read more »
Nurses Needed for Flu Clinics
This is an unprecedented year for influenza so the call for nurses like you to help stem the potential pandemic is coming from many quarters. Care Dynamix, which also operates… Read more »
Democrats seek cuts in Medicare Advantage
Citing perks, GOP says Obama misled By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff | September 24, 2009 More than 10 million seniors enrolled in an enhanced, private version of Medicare known as… Read more »
Sept 24 09: Studies raise seaonal flu shot fear: seasonal flu shots may increase susceptibility to H1N1
Helen Branswell THE CANADIAN PRESS Unpublished Canadian data are raising concerns about whether it’s a good idea to get a seasonal flu shot this season. Drawn from a series of… Read more »
Sept 24 2009: CDC’s Focus Group Report on Immunization of Health Care Workers (draft report)
During this week’s Government-Labor coordination call on H1N1, CDC summarized their evaluation of focus group responses of health care workers to immunization against H1N1. Attached is a copy of the… Read more »
Timing for Mailing Supplemental Secret Mail Ballot
Q. 45. When will the Supplemental Secret Mail Ballot on Dues be mailed?
Mandatory insurance: Yes, it’s a tax
By Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist | September 23, 2009 IT WAS A PERFECTLY straightforward question. The answer was anything but. President Obama vows not to raise taxes on any American… Read more »
Baucus tweaks health bill to ease costs for most
By Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery, Washington Post | September 22, 2009 WASHINGTON – Seeking to lock down votes before today’s meeting of the Senate Finance Committee, chairman Max Baucus… Read more »
Baucus’s insurance bill is a dose of bad medicine
By Maggie Mahar | September 21, 2009 AFTER MONTHS of work, Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus has come up with a health bill that pleases neither Republicans nor many Democrats,… Read more »