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Ridiculous claims are meant to distract us from the real issue
Drug firms’ manufactured buzz
NO ONE minds much when a champion athlete or Hollywood star uses a ghostwriter. But what if the ghostwriter is writing under the name of a renowned medical researcher and… Read more »
Report on Women’s Health Disparities and Call with Sec. Sebelius!
This Wednesday is the 89th Anniversary of women getting the right to vote! To celebrate Women’s Equality Day, we are holding a call to update you on the Council on… Read more »
Sept 1 2009 event Kaiser Event Examines Health Reform Lessons From Massachusetts
As Congress and the Obama Administration debate comprehensive national health reform, it is worth remembering that the state of Massachusetts grappled with some of the same issues before passing its… Read more »
Aug 24 09 Globe Interview: MSNO’s President Mimi Stamer: “Getting Ready for Flu” (info for school nurses and parents)
Getting ready for flu By Elizabeth Cooney, Globe Correspondent | August 24, 2009School nurses work on the front lines of children’s health care, says Mimi Stamer, president of the Massachusetts… Read more »
Aug 24 09 Legal Obligations to the Dangerous Patient
Legal Obligations to the Dangerous Patient Carolyn Buppert, NP, JD Published: 08/18/2009 Duty and Dangerous Patients When a nurse encounters a patient who is likely to harm himself or another,… Read more »
Don’t abandon ‘public option’ without benefits in return
A GOVERNMENT-RUN health insurance option serves two essential goals of health care reform. It provides needed competition in places where a single private insurer dominates the market, and its national… Read more »
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 »
How Swine Flu Vaccine Works
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Aug 23 09 Wash Post Flu Strategists See Schools on Front Line: Children Key to Infection-Prevention Dynamic
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 »