All Santa wants for Christmas: H1N1 vaccine

November 20, 2009

Updated H1N1 posts/symptoms/vaccine

Not sure what the reasoning is. One of the Santas will be in close contact with 20-30 thousand children over a period of 4 weeks. It’s not so much for Santa’s protection as it is to hopefully prevent him from spread it. And what are those kids going to do when there’s no Santa?

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Secy Sebelius re: mammogram recommendations (video)

November 19, 2009

Secretary Sebelius is put on the spot by Ann Curry about the new USPSTF recommendations.

Sebelius written statement – HHS not changing policies.

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H1N1: 300 doses of vaccine reach Gitmo

November 10, 2009

Updated H1N1 posts/symptoms/vaccine

Source: AP

Pentagon: 300 doses of H1N1 vaccine have arrived at Guantanamo Bay. But it’s still not enough to cover all the troops and healthcare workers stationed there. It’s wrong. Troops and troop support should be a priority.

Also, “some” civilians who work at the Pentagon received an H1N1 vaccine yesterday. Didn’t state whether or not they were considered high risk.