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Nurses Win Federal Court Decision on Virginia Mason’s Mandatory Flu Vaccination Policy
Areas Hit Hard by Flu in Spring See Little Now
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MNA Regional Council IV Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
Oct 7 O9 ACEP Study: Physicians Fail to Recognize Symptoms in Nearly Half of Children in Flu Pandemic Drill
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Oct 7 2009 Study: Probiotics very effective in preventing colds and influenze like symptoms in pre-schoolers
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Oct 7 09 From MDPH: Video on administration of live, attenuated nasal spray flu vaccine
The updated Handling and Patient Administration of Live, Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV) video is now available on FluMist.com. Click the following link to watch this video to learn how FluMist… Read more »
Oct 7 09 WSJ Flu Shots delayed in Canada (unpublished study showed seasonal shots could increase H1n1 risk)
TORONTO — An unpublished Canadian study that suggests getting an annual flu shot may make it easier to contract swine flu has caused most provincial governments in Canada to postpone… Read more »
Oct 7 09 Study: Partial protection against novel influenza A/H1N1 2009 from seasonal flu injection!
Preliminary evidence suggests there is some protection offered by the 2008-9 trivalent inactivated vaccine against pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009 (swine flu), particularly severe forms of the disease.
October 7 09 Ch Tribune: Bagged salad safety: Rising threat of food-borne illness lurks in convenient packages of leafy greens
Bagged salad safety: Rising threat of food-borne illness lurks in convenient packages of leafy greens Leafy greens are the riskiest food regulated by the FDA, researchers for nonprofit center say… Read more »
Sept 10 09 U of Washington and SUNY study shows Swine flu (H1N1) vaccine will come too late to stem outbreak
By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 10 (HealthDay News) — The height of this year’s fall H1N1 swine flu outbreak is expected in October, but a planned vaccine may… Read more »
