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MNA Position Statements
- January, 2005 | Proposed BU Biosafety Level 4 Lab
- January 2003 | Mass. DPH Smallpox Pre-Event Vaccination Plan
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Links
- SARS | www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/
- Influenza | www.cdc.gov/flu/
- Tuberculosis | www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/tb/
- Smallpox | www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/vaccination/facts.asp
- Swine (H1N1) Flu | www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/
Related MNA Resources
Infectious Disease Information
- 02.19.10 | WHO picks pandemic strain for next seasonal flu vaccine
- 12.23.09 | Dec 23 09 Comparing deaths from pandemic and seasonal influenza
- 12.03.09 | Flu test wrong, girl almost dies
- 11.30.09 | Nov 30 09 edition of American Medical news from AMA meeting: No flu shot mandate for doctors. Published Nov. 23, 2009
- 11.10.09 | From MA DPH Order Pursuant to M.G.L. c.111, s.5A Regarding Prescribing and Dispensing Tamiflu for Oral Suspension
- 11.03.09 | Differences Between Cold, Seasonal Flu and H1N1 Symptoms
- 10.22.09 | 2009 flu vaccine update: seasonal and H1N1
- 10.22.09 | MNA urges respiratory protection for healthcare workers
- 10.21.09 | Update Regarding Delays with Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Supply for 2009-2010
- 10.16.09 | Seasonal Flu and Swine Flu Updates
- 10.15.09 | Swine and Seasonal Flu Updates
- 10.13.09 | Seasonal flu and swine flu updates for 10.13.09-10.14.09
- 10.09.09 | Oct 9 09 MDPH Update on Seasonal and H1N1 Vaccine supply
- 10.09.09 | Oct 9 09 Decontamination Methods For Filtering Facepiece Respirators
- 10.07.09 | Oct 7 09 Correct Flu declination form now on MDPH website and attached
- 10.07.09 | Oct 7 09 ACEP Recs re H1n1 and seasonal flu -- N95s, Triage, Testing, Admission criteria, Antivirals etc
- 10.07.09 | Oct 7 2009 Study: Probiotics very effective in preventing colds and influenze like symptoms in pre-schoolers
- 10.07.09 | Oct 7 09 From MDPH: Video on administration of live, attenuated nasal spray flu vaccine
- 10.07.09 | Oct 7 09 WSJ Flu Shots delayed in Canada (unpublished study showed seasonal shots could increase H1n1 risk)
- 10.07.09 | Oct 7 09 Study: Partial protection against novel influenza A/H1N1 2009 from seasonal flu injection!
- 10.07.09 | Oct 7 09 Study: Partial protection against novel influenza A/H1N1 2009 from seasonal flu injection!
- 10.07.09 | Oct 7 09 ACEP Recs re H1n1 and seasonal flu -- N95s, Triage, Testing, Admission criteria, Antivirals etc
- 10.07.09 | Oct 7 O9 ACEP Study: Physicians Fail to Recognize Symptoms in Nearly Half of Children in Flu Pandemic Drill
- 10.06.09 | Oct 5 09 ANA getting $ from CDC to push nurses to get immunized
- 10.05.09 | Inside OSHA: Unions Urge Against Mandatory Flu Shots For Hospital Workers, October 1, 2009
- 10.05.09 | Oct 5 09 CDC Updates for Clinicians: Sept 28 -Oct 05, 2009
- 10.02.09 | Oct 2 09 Inside OSHA: Unions Urge Against Mandatory Flu Shots For Hospital Workers
- 10.01.09 | Loeb et al Oct 2009 JAMA
- 09.29.09 | Sept 29 09 Update from MDPH on the supply (or lack) of seasonal influenza vaccine
- 09.29.09 | Sept 29 09 H1N1 OB Guidance for New Mothers With Influenza Like Illness Who Are Hospitalized
- 09.29.09 | Sept 29 09 H1N1 OB Guidance for New Mothers With Influenza Like Illness Who Are Hospitalized
- 09.28.09 | Sept 28 09 Seasonal Flu Vaccine Update
- 09.28.09 | Sep 28 09 Globe Flu threats are tough to pin down -- Stats on spike in flu cases
- 09.28.09 | Mandatory flu vaccination splits workers
- 09.28.09 | Sept 28 2009 New York State's PEF statement on mandated vaccinations
- 09.25.09 | Sept 25 2009 "Nurse Shortage Hampers Swine Flu Response - Health News Story - Boston"
- 09.25.09 | Sept 25 09 CDC Health Update: Updated Pediatric Antiviral Dosing Syringe and Compounding Information for 2009 H1N1 and Seasonal Flu - Sept. 25, 2009
- 09.25.09 | September 25 2009 Mandatory Flu Vaccination Policies Spreading in a number of states
- 09.25.09 | Sept 25 09 CDC Health Update: Updated Pediatric Antiviral Dosing Syringe and Compounding Information for 2009 H1N1 and Seasonal Flu - Sept. 25, 2009
- 09.24.09 | Nurses Needed for Flu Clinics
- 09.24.09 | Confusion re which flu declination form to use; APPROVED FORM in message below
- 09.24.09 | Sept 24 2009: CDC's Focus Group Report on Immunization of Health Care Workers (draft report)
- 09.23.09 | Sept 16 2002 Bloomberg "Surgical Masks Don't Stop Flu From Spreading"
- 09.22.09 | NYT Sept 22 09 Benefit and Doubt in Vaccine Additive
- 09.22.09 | Sept 22 09 DPH: Implementation of Final Emergency Regulation Authorizing Administration of Vaccine by Designated Health Care Professionals
- 09.22.09 | Sept 22 09 Canadian experts applaud deliberate vaccine proces
- 09.22.09 | Sept 22 09 Texas hospital swamped with flu patients, hospital sets up triage tents/tent hospitals
- 09.22.09 | Sept 22 09 AHA Letter to NIOSH undermining IOM findings
- 09.21.09 | New York Health Care Workers Resist Flu Vaccine Rule
- 09.20.09 | Globe Nov 21 08 Boston launches flu shot tracking
- 09.19.09 | Globe Sept 17 09 "In public health bill, a contagion of fear: State rebuts talk of forced injections"
- 09.18.09 | MNA Supports DPH Plan Requiring Health Care Employers to Provide Flu Vaccination to Health Care Workers
- 09.18.09 | Implementation of Final Emergency Regulation Authorizing Administration of Vaccine by Designated Health Care Professionals
- 09.18.09 | Sept 18 09 DMH Behavioral Health materials re to Pandemics
- 09.17.09 | Sep 11 09 STATEMENT BY DR. FAUCI, DIRECTOR, NIAID re H1N1 trials
- 09.17.09 | Sept 17 09 Update from MDPH: Seasonal and H1N1 flu resources for the general public
- 09.17.09 | Flu information site Info in several languages for doctors, nurses and patients
- 09.17.09 | Just announced by MDPH: Significant delays in getting seasonal flu vaccine
- 09.17.09 | From MDPH Screening forms for seasonal and H1N1 flu vaccination
- 09.16.09 | Sept 16 2009 DPH Flu Clinic website now live (sites to find vaccine)
- 09.15.09 | Nurses: Your Health & Safety Risks at Work
- 09.15.09 | Globe Sept 14 09 Tracking disease globally: HealthMap.org
- 09.14.09 | MDPH: MCNP News - Help with H1N1 Surveillance
- 09.14.09 | Sept 14 09 Implementation of Final Emergency Regulation Authorizing Administration of Vaccine by Designated Health Care Professionals
- 09.13.09 | Sept 14 webinar! School-located vaccination clinics strategy
- 09.10.09 | [occ-env-med-l] Flu Spread in temperate zones by aerosol, intropics by contact: A hypothesis
- 09.08.09 | Joint Commission to Healthcare Workers: Get Flu Vaccine
- 09.03.09 | 2009 Flu Vaccine Update
- 09.02.09 | IVATS (Influenza Vaccine Availability Tracking System)
- 09.02.09 | DPH Statement Refuting Ralse Rumors of Mandatory Vaccination Sept 2 2009
- 09.01.09 | National Nurse Survey Shows Deficiencies in Hospital Flu Readiness
- 09.01.09 | CVS, Walgreens to offer free flu shots to unemployed
- 09.01.09 | C’mon health workers, get your swine flu shots
- 08.31.09 | MDPH request for help with H1N1 surveillance
- 08.28.09 | AP Reuters: Tamiflu shelf life
- 08.28.09 | How to Prepare for a Pandemic: 100 Tips, Tools, and Resources
- 08.25.09 | Aug 24 09 Info from Al DeMaria MD re the H1N1 vaccine composition
- 08.21.09 | MDPH H1N1 Vaccine Program - Provider Registration Information
- 08.21.09 | Aug 21 '09: Use of Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine -
- 08.21.09 | Aug. 19, 2009 DPH Statewide Surge Taskforce Meeting: Update for MNA
- 08.21.09 | Aug 21 09 Globe: US urges colleges to isolate students sick with swine flu: Guidelines aim to prevent spread throughout dorms
- 08.19.09 | Schools asked not to close if flu hits
- 08.19.09 | Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to the 2009 - 2010 Influenza Season
- 08.19.09 | Immunization
- 08.18.09 | MMMR report on H1N1 in Two Immunosuppressed Patients
- 08.13.09 | Massachusetts: Dentists, pharmacists and paramedics to administer H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine
- 08.13.09 | IOM hears diverse findings on PPE for flu
- 08.13.09 | Globe Aug 13 '09 State takes extra steps to battle flu in fall: Deputizes dentists, others to help with vaccinations
- 08.13.09 | IOM hears diverse findings on PPE for flu
- 08.12.09 | Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Information Statements (VIS) from MDPh Aug. 12 2009
- 08.12.09 | Don’t Forget About the Bacterial Threat - WSJ.com, Mitchell J. Schwaber and Yehuda Carmeli
- 08.11.09 | State to designate providers to give H1N1 vaccines Aug 11 09
- 08.10.09 | DPH: Seasonal flu standing orders August 10 2009
- 08.06.09 | CDC Updates Recommendations for the Amount of Time Persons with Influenza-Like Illness should be Away from Others
- 01.15.09 | Flu vaccination: an occupational health and patient safety issue
- 03.15.06 | Fighting a silent epidemic: the Hepatitis C Coalition
- 02.15.06 | Did we learn anything about avian flu from SARS?
- 08.15.05 | Avian flu: Will it or won’t it happen here?
- 08.15.05 | Infection control and avian influenza recommendations
- 08.15.05 | The avian influenza threat
- 08.15.05 | Transmission of viruses between animals and people
- 12.15.04 | Avian flu: a dreadful possibility on the horizon
- 10.15.04 | Influenza vaccine helps protect you
- 02.15.04 | Universal Respiratory Etiquette: A Revolutionary Approach to Reducing Exposure to Bacteria and Viruses
- 07.15.03 | MRSA is a recordable occupational illness
- 07.15.03 | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): a guide for nurses
- 05.15.03 | MNA Urges DPH to Suspend Smallpox Vaccinations, But to Proceed with Educating and Training Workforce
- 03.15.03 | Smallpox Vaccination Plan Status Report
- 03.10.03 | Smallpox: Congress on Health and Safety Chair and Vice Chair, Terri Arthur and Rosemary O’Brien respond to Cape Cod Times editorial calling for nurses to "roll up their sleeves"
- 02.15.03 | Smallpox Vaccination in Massachusetts: Q&A from the DPH
- 02.15.03 | Vaccinate Against War Not Smallpox
- 02.15.03 | CDC Fact Sheet: Reactions to the Smallpox Vaccine
- 02.15.03 | Facts About the Smallpox Vaccine
- 02.15.03 | State Announces Voluntary Smallpox Vaccination Plan
- 12.31.69 | CDC Clinical Reminder - HealthCare Worker Vaccination Recommendations: Oct. 23, 2009
- 12.31.69 | Pennsylvania DOH reverses guidance and now recommends following CDC guidance on H1H1
