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- Swine flu prompts change in hospital visitation policy [Sentinel and Enterprise, Fitchburg, Mass.] 7 Nov 2009 01:57 GMT
... Swine flu prompts change in hospital visitation policy [Sentinel ... into place," said David Bebinger, chair of infection prevention and control committee at HealthAlliance. Doctors ... first- come, first-served basis, said Bebinger. The Massachusetts Department of Public Heath says more than ...
- Patience pivotal concerning H1N1 vaccine 7 Nov 2009 13:00 GMT
... With the distribution pace of the swine flu vaccine progressing from a crawl to a ... its slower-than-expected delivery throughout the United States. Massachusetts has so far only received enough vaccine ... states, officials with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. CDC officials ...
- New Bedford seasonal flu clinic receives record numbers 7 Nov 2009 06:18 GMT
... NEW BEDFORD — The seasonal flu probably won't hit SouthCoast until late December, ... doses of H1N1 vaccine had arrived in Massachusetts by Friday, according to DPH spokeswoman Jennifer ... were anticipated, since it was a novel virus. What wasn't fully understood was how the ...
- Flu hitting region's schools hard 7 Nov 2009 06:13 GMT
... from schools in growing numbers as the flu bug and other contagious illnesses spread through ... remain open. Statewide, only six schools in Massachusetts have closed because of the swine flu, ...
- Some nix nasal flu vaccine 7 Nov 2009 11:50 GMT
... officials say some people left a Manchester flu vaccination clinic without being vaccinated even though ... could still face other charges in Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont as well federal charges. The ...
- Background Notes : Zambia (11/09) 7 Nov 2009 05:57 GMT
... embassy in the United States at 2419 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008 (tel: 202-265- ... designed primarily for internal defense. The HIV/AIDS epidemic has hit the ZDF especially hard. The ... Agency for International Development, the Centers for Disease Control, the Department of Treasury, the Department ...
- MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge Presents "Vaccines and Global Health: New Technologies Create Glob 7 Nov 2009 16:51 GMT
... for the research, development and treatment of infectious diseases. The session will feature a keynote presentation ... of the Biotechnology Industry Association and the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, which she chaired from 2004-2006. ...
- 'A rocket ship to heroin' 7 Nov 2009 07:57 GMT
... BOSTON — Calling addiction to opiates a bigger epidemic than swine flu, the Massachusetts OxyContin and Heroin Commission pressed for new educational and preventive programs to stem the ...
- OxyContin: 'A rocket ship to heroin' 7 Nov 2009 15:55 GMT
... BOSTON — Calling addiction to opiates a bigger epidemic than swine flu, the Massachusetts OxyContin and Heroin Commission pressed for new educational and preventive programs to stem the ...
- TARIS Appoints Julie Lekstrom Himes, MD, to CMO Post 7 Nov 2009 01:57 GMT
... Institutes of Health in the Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Human Genome Research Institutes. “We are ... developed by internationally renowned scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Robert Langer and Michael ...
- Frontiers of the future: In-gene-ous modifications 7 Nov 2009 08:12 GMT
... engineering - inserting new genetic sequences into viruses, bacteria, plants and other animals - has ... make an individual more susceptible to various diseases. Switching that gene off can affect the ... Prize winner Phillip Sharp, formerly at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, told TOI-Crest, "Almost all ...
- United States - 200 ton meat recall now much larger 7 Nov 2009 01:11 GMT
... some, particularly children under age 5, the infection can cause hemolytic uremic syndrome, a serious disease in which red blood cells are destroyed ... stores in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia. A spokesperson ...
- Capeless says drug overdose deaths staggering 7 Nov 2009 20:13 GMT
... who have died of drug overdoses in Massachusetts from 2002 through 2007 is nearly 41 ... surrounding substance abuse," said the report, "this epidemic is left in the shadows." The commission ...
- Residents: MA vaccine plan frustrating 7 Nov 2009 05:11 GMT
... doing widespread vaccination clinics at all. In Massachusetts, many are upset at the Bay State's ... 10 -- who tried to get swine flu vaccine for themselves or their children have ...
- Criminals getting more brazen, with Brockton insurance company the latest robbery victim 7 Nov 2009 06:13 GMT
... it is more tied to the heroin epidemic we are seeing.” The state OxyContin and ... addiction in the state, including overhauling the Massachusetts Prescription Monitoring Program. Between 2002 and 2007, ...
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