Some responses from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to recent questions related to smallpox preparedness by Alfred DeMaria, Jr., M.D., Director of the Bureau of Communicable Disease Control and… Read more »
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Smallpox Vaccination in Massachusetts: Q&A from the DPH
Vaccinate Against War Not Smallpox
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary/February 2003 Edition As health care professionals, some of us are being called upon to receive the smallpox vaccine. We are being asked to become vaccinated… Read more »
CDC Fact Sheet: Reactions to the Smallpox Vaccine
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary/February 2003 Edition The smallpox vaccine prevents smallpox. For most people, it is safe and effective. Most people experience normal, typically mild reactions to the vaccine,… Read more »
Facts About the Smallpox Vaccine
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary/February 2003 Edition Smallpox vaccine, which is made from a live virus related to the one that causes smallpox, is considered the most dangerous immunization for… Read more »
State Announces Voluntary Smallpox Vaccination Plan
Nurses Will Play Major Role From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary/February 2003 Edition Nurses will comprise the lions share of more than 12,000 health care workers scheduled to be vaccinated in… Read more »
As UMass/Memorial Medical Center Nurses’ Contract Talks Stall RNs Express Outrage at Refusal of John O’Brien to Hear Concerns About Staffing, Lack of Appropriate Patient Care Supplies and the Need for a Salary Commensurate With their Skills and Experience
According to Recent JAMA Study, University Campus Staffing Ratios Place Some Patients at 31 – 49% Greater Risk of Death Nurses Regularly Report Having a Lack of Supplies Needed to… Read more »
Pembroke Hospital Nurses Hold Candlelight Vigil on Feb. 20 at 5:30 pm
Seek Public Support to Convince Management to Release Impounded Ballots from Union Election Held 7 Months Ago on June 13, 2002 PEMBROKE, Mass.—The registered nurses of Pembroke Hospital, who have… Read more »
Mass Nurses Association Blasts Governor’s Health Care Cuts Calls Cuts Shortsighted, Misguided and Devastating to Children and Seniors
MNA Issues Position Statement On the Massachusetts DPH Smallpox Pre-Event Vaccination Plan
This statement was updated at the MNA Board of Directors meeting on 3.20.2003. Massachusetts Nurses Association Issues Position Statement On the Mass. DPH Smallpox Pre-Event Vaccination Plan CANTON, Mass. —… Read more »
The MNA participates to support GE workers strike in Lynn on January 15th.
MNA Activists Alert: We are joining other citizen and health care advocacy groups in organizing a Community Rally for Health Care Reform in Lynn, to coincide and demonstrate support for… Read more »
