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THE BOSTON Teachers Union is trying to turn the tables on its critics by opening a pilot school that removes layers of bureaucracy between students and their teachers. Randi Weingarten,… Read more »

Governor looks to ease burden small businesses pay to cover workers By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff  |  September 11, 2009 President Obama’s vision for overhauling the nation’s health care looks… Read more »

Attached are two studies just published in the NEJM that indicate that one dose of the H1N1 vaccine may be sufficient to elicit sufficient antibody response. A third study is… Read more »

Attached is a federal OSHA citation issued to a hospital that failed to follow the CDC guidelines for respirator use among healthcare workers who were treating patients with confirmed, suspected, or… Read more »

Imperial College London News Release Under strict embargo for Thursday 10 September 2009 10.00 British Summer Time Pandemic swine flu can infect cells deeper in the lungs than seasonal flu… Read more »

Transmission of influenza virus in temperate zones is predominantly by aerosol, in the tropics by contact: A hypothesis by Anice Lowen and Peter Palese,Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY Using… Read more »

Nicole Lurie, M.D., M.S.P.H. In December 2009, the Department of Health and Human Services will present to Congress its first-ever national health security strategy, outlining high-priority activities and areas of… Read more »

John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, September 8, 2009 Healthcare reform has elbowed out a lot of other major healthcare industry news of late, and that’s understandable. The next few weeks… Read more »