Filed under: Media, Health Care
Last week President Obama declared swine flu a national emergency. The action -- which the White House called a formality -- alerts the public of risks, raises awareness for the vaccine and formally expedites disaster plans should hospitals get overwhelmed.Filed under: Afghanistan Journal
In 30 years of covering wars, I've never seen anything like it. At the big U.S. military bases in Afghanistan and even at small combat outposts, troopers coming in for chow at the DFAC (dining facility, e.g. mess hall) dutifully wash their hands ......Filed under: Afghanistan Journal
In 30 years of covering wars, I've never seen anything like it. At the big U.S. military bases in Afghanistan and even at small combat outposts, troopers coming in for chow at the DFAC (dining facility, e.g. mess hall) dutifully wash their hands ......Filed under: Health Care, Woman Up
Filed under: Religion, Health Care, Disputations
And a bit of Italian style helps, too, as this Reuters report shows. The invention is not only terracotta (how long before Pottery Barn starts selling it?) but it keeps alive a tradition that was in danger of succumbing to swine flu fears,...Filed under: Health Care, Deep Background, Congress
This is cold. The Chamber of Commerce, the major business lobby, opposes legislation to provide workers paid sick leave--even as H1N1 flu season approaches. That's not only Scrooge-like. It's bad for public health.Filed under: Health Care, Obama Administration, Culture
Tens of millions of doses of unused swine flu vaccine may have to be discarded, but as many as 91 million Americans took their medicine -- which seems to have worked, diminishing the impact of the pandemic...