H1N1: Many Parents, High-Priority Adults Unable To Get Vaccine

A new national poll from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that a majority of adults who tried to get the H1N1vaccine for themselves or their children have been unable to do so. The poll, which examines the American public’s response to the H1N1 vaccine shortage, is the fifth in a series of surveys [...]

H1N1 Is Now Most Dominant Flu Strain Worldwide, WHO Says

A new national poll from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that a majority of adults who tried to get the H1N1vaccine for themselves or their children have been unable to do so. The poll, which examines the American public’s response to the H1N1 vaccine shortage, is the fifth in a series of surveys [...]

H1N1 is a National Emergency : By Barack Obama

President Barack Obama declared the H1N1 (swine) flu outbreak a national emergency, the Wall Street Journal reports. “The declaration, which Mr. Obama signed Friday, authorizes the administration to waive or modify certain federal requirements involving Medicare, Medicaid and health-privacy rules to speed treatment,” the newspaper writes (McKay/Simpson/Whalen, 10/26).
“Given that the rapid increase in illness across [...]