State panel finds contract disparity By James Vaznis, Globe Staff | October 5, 2009 The Boston Teachers Union’s objection to the Teach for America program has sparked an investigation by… Read more »
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Teachers union’s objection bolstered
TV 4 Story on Mandated Flu Shots Featuring MNA’s Evi Bain
H1N1 flu vaccine. While
Oct 5 09 US health workers get first pandemic flu vaccine (H1N1) doses
Lisa Schnirring Staff Writer Oct 5, 2009 (CIDRAP News) – The nation’s first doses of the pandemic H1N1 vaccine were administered today, mainly to a limited group of healthcare workers… Read more »
Vaccine Is On Its Way, But Public Still Wary Swine Flu Campaign Faces Key Barriers: Unease, Ambivalence
By Rob Stein Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, October 4, 2009 Billions of tax dollars have been paid to giant pharmaceutical companies. Millions of doses of vaccine are on their… Read more »
NYTimes Oct 4 09 “Woman’s Shattered Life Shows Ground Beef Inspection Flaws” – and the outcome of regulatory failure
E. Coli Path Shows Flaws in Beef Inspection By
Oct 2 09 Inside OSHA: Unions Urge Against Mandatory Flu Shots For Hospital Workers
Unions Urge Against Mandatory Flu Shots For Hospital Workers, October 1, 2009 As an expected surge of H1N1 approaches with the upcoming flu season, New York State and some individual… Read more »
Oct 22 09 H1N1 Vaccine Information Statements now available online
The Vaccine Information Statements (VIS) for both the inactivated and live, intranasal H1N1 influenza vaccines are now available for download from the CDC at
Massachusetts Nurses Association Votes to Join RN Super Union at Annual Convention
Oct 1 2009 Inside OSHA: Unions Urge Against Mandatory Flu Shots For Hospital Workers
Unions Urge Against Mandatory Flu Shots For Hospital Workers, October 1, 2009 As an expected surge of H1N1 approaches with the upcoming flu season, New York State and some individual… Read more »
Oct 1 09 Criteria for novel H1N1 influenza testing at the MA State Laboratory remain unchanged
Criteria for novel H1N1 influenza testing at the MA State Laboratory remain unchangedSeptember 29, 2009 Testing for pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza is complicated by poor sensitivity of rapid tests for… Read more »