By Nelson Hernandez and David BrownWashington Post Staff WritersMonday, August 24, 2009 One of the main battlegrounds in the fight against an expected resurgence of swine flu this fall will… Read more »
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Aug 23 09 Wash Post Flu Strategists See Schools on Front Line: Children Key to Infection-Prevention Dynamic
Aug 23 2009 Wash Post Swine Flu Campaign Waits on Vaccine: Only Third of Supply Is Expected for First Round of Vast Effort
By Rob SteinWashington Post Staff WriterSunday, August 23, 2009 Government health officials are mobilizing to launch a massive swine flu vaccination campaign this fall that is unprecedented in its scope… Read more »
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Statewide Conference on H1N1 Influenza Response
Who Should Attend? Local health officials, school and university administrators, school nurse leaders, physicians, EMS leaders, hospital administrators, public safety and emergency management officials, volunteer, business and civic association leaders…. Read more »
AP Aug 22 09 Competition lacking among private health insurers-Critics: “Monopolistic conditions drive up premiums”
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press Writer Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, Associated Press Writer 1 hr 40 mins ago WASHINGTON – One of the most widely accepted arguments against a government medical plan for the middle class… Read more »
Bay State health insurance premiums highest in country
Rein in health costs, Massachusetts urged By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff | August 22, 2009Massachusetts has the most expensive family health insurance premiums in the country, according to a new… Read more »
Aug 23 09 NYT Editorial “The Uninsured ” (stats)
The Uninsured One of the major goals of health care reform is to cover the vast numbers of uninsured. But how vast, really, is that pool of people? Who are… Read more »
MDPH H1N1 Vaccine Program – Provider Registration Information
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Aug 21 ’09: Use of Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine –
Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2009 Prepared by National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC
Aug. 19, 2009 DPH Statewide Surge Taskforce Meeting: Update for MNA
The Surge Taskforce focus was on H1N1 and seasonal flu. Al DeMaria, MD said that in the last month H1N1 in the southern Hemisphere is supplanting seasonal flu as the… Read more »