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Poll: Almost half of high-risk U.S. adults plan to skip H1N1 vaccine
Even as things stand, the lines for H1N1 vaccination are likely to be long. Still, it seems likely that many Americans aren't going to bother fighting the crowds, according to a new poll by Zogby... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Reporter details personal H1N1 experience
Your editor, fortunately, has been spared direct knowledge of how it feels to contract the H1N1 virus. That's not the case for HealthDay News reporter Serena Gordon, who went through a 10-day fight... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Public blames drugmakers for H1N1 vaccine shortage
Consumers are quite frustrated by the problems they're having getting an H1N1 flu vaccination, and doubtless, there's plenty of blame being handed around out there. But according to a new survey by... Read more...
Most people who want H1N1 vaccine can't get it
It's a poor reflection on our public health status, but it seems to be the reality. According to a new study by researchers form Harvard University School of Public Health, the majority of Americans... Read more...
Pharmacists say PBMs are holding up Tamiflu supply
The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) is taking pharmacy benefit managers to the woodshed, upset with policies that seem to hold up claims for materials needed to create the liquid... Read more...
H1N1 vaccine supplies inadequate, health officials say
It may be mid-December before some areas have enough H1N1 flu vaccine to meet the needs of the most vulnerable people, state and city public health officials told Congress yesterday. Federal health... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: NYC students get H1N1 vaccination without parents' permission
This week, leaders with New York City schools had to admit that they'd made the kind of error that damages the image of H1N1 vaccination treatment. As part of its effort to vaccinate students against... Read more...
Liquid Tamiflu shortage puts pressure on pharmacists, parents
Not a day goes by without some fear that the H1N1 vaccine will remain out of reach for too many, too long. Now, it's the children's dose of liquid Tamiflu that has parents scouring pharmacies,... Read more...
Hospitals, clinics strain amid the swine flu surge
The dreaded swine flu is pushing hospital emergency rooms and flu immunization clinics to the brink of their capacity. The 220 people who sought treatment at Metro Hospital's ER in Wyoming, for... Read more...
New IV flu drug approved for H1N1 use; First ED goes live on Calif. health info network;
> Peramivir, an intravenous flu drug, has been given emergency approval for some adults and children hospitalized with H1N1. The FDA granted the approval on Friday at the request of the CDC. This... Read more...
