The smell of death was overpowering the moment a relief worker cracked open one of the hospital chapel’s wooden doors. Inside, more than a dozen bodies lay motionless on low… Read more »
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NYTimes Aug 27 09 “Strained by Katrina, a Hospital Faced Deadly Choices”
Full H1N1 immunity may not come till Thanksgiving
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said yesterday it will probably be Thanksgiving before many Americans are fully immunized against the novel H1N1 flu virus, the Associated Press (AP)… Read more »
NYT Aug 25 09 For Parents on NICU, Trauma May Last
By LAURIE TARKAN Kim Roscoe’s son, Jaxon, was born three months early, weighing two and a half pounds. But for nine days he did exceedingly well in the neonatal intensive… Read more »
Aetna’s treatment of never events and SRE’s
HARTFORD, Conn., August 25, 2009 – Aetna (NYSE:
Mourning the Loss of our Good Friend, Senator Edward M. Kennedy
It is with great sadness that we learned this morning of the death of our friend, Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
Half of health workers reject swine flu shot
By MARIA CHENG The Associated Press Tuesday, August 25, 2009 7:43 PM LONDON — About half of Hong Kong’s health workers would refuse the swine flu vaccine, new research says,… Read more »
Aug 23 09 Work Injured Nurse (WING) Update
Dear WING USA Friends, According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), healthcare workers have the highest rate of MSDs in the country, more than seven times the national… Read more »
Oh, how quickly we forget
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Ridiculous claims are meant to distract us from the real issue
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Drug firms’ manufactured buzz
NO ONE minds much when a champion athlete or Hollywood star uses a ghostwriter. But what if the ghostwriter is writing under the name of a renowned medical researcher and… Read more »
