Online Gangs Sell Fake Swine Flu Drugs, Firm Warns
Criminal gangs are making millions of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the internet, a web security firm said on Mo...
Criminal gangs are making millions of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the internet, a web security firm said on Mo...
The Atlantic | Clayton M. Christensen and Jason Hwang | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living
Vaccination is central to the government's plan for preventing deaths from swine flu. But what if everything we think we know about fighting influenza...
Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living
Whether we seek protection, or try to prove how brave we are, we often miss fear's true opportunity to teach us authentic courage.
AP | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago
Chicago Department of Public Health officials say they've vaccinated almost 51,000 people against the swine flu in seven days. ...
Peter Christian Hall | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living
By some views, it's just as possible that sunscreen -- and sun avoidance -- is causing far more harm than mercury ever did.
Ben Sherwood | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living
It may not sound like much, but the best defense against the swine flu involves some very simple steps: Every sneeze should be covered and every hand should be washed.
Posted 11.05.2009 | Business
[NOTE: BusinessWeek originally broke the news of Wall Street banks and other large employers receiving early batches of the H1N1 vaccine. Read their e...
Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living
For over a decade, I've relentlessly searched for answers to the connections I believe exist between my son's autism and vaccines he received.
Ben Sherwood | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living
When we're bombarded with information (and opinion), experts say our brains simply aren't wired to balance risk vs. benefit and make sound decisions. Simply put, too many of us worry about the wrong things.
Barbara Ehrenreich | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
According to academic "positive psychologists," and legions of unlicensed life coaches, optimism wards off common illnesses and extends longevity. It turns out to be less than salubrious when it comes to public health.
AP | Posted 11.03.2009 | World
WASHINGTON — The White House says detainees at Guantanamo Bay are not yet receiving vaccinations against the swine flu. Robert Gibbs on Tuesday...
Chicago Tribune | William Mullen | Posted 11.02.2009 | Chicago
For a mere peek into the potential difficulties of managing a worst-case outbreak of swine flu, one need only look back at a few weeks in May at Child...
Chicago Pubic Radio | Gabriel Spitzer | Posted 10.30.2009 | Chicago
Suburban Cook County just got an influx of pandemic flu vaccine, but their supply still lags behind Chicago's. ...
NBC New York | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York
Gov. David Paterson has declared a state of emergency because of the rise in swine flu cases. The executive order means that far more health ca...
CBS2 | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago
Will you get in line? The City of Chicago is handing out another batch of the H1N1 vaccine Tuesday. ...
Wall Street Journal | BETSY MCKAY and JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN | Posted 10.25.2009 | Living
Less than half of the swine-flu vaccine expected to be shipped to doctors, hospitals and clinics in the U.S. this month has been shipped so far. The d...
Maria Rodale | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living
We were lucky to catch the infection early enough to get the kids on Tamiflu. But there is no sign of a vaccine in sight, and now it's too late anyway.
AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 10.23.2009 | New York
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state health officials have suspended a ruling that would have forced health care workers across the state to get vaccin...
Alison Rose Levy | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living
For those perplexed by the vaccine debate, here's a brief guide to a basic issue underlying this long-standing controversy: biological individuality. If properly understood, it can reconcile two opposing views.
Peter Christian Hall | Posted 10.20.2009 | World
In this season of swine flu discontent, the annual shot aimed at quelling "normal" flu may have a bad year.
AP | SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home
LOS ANGELES — A California nurses' union has threatened a one-day strike at 34 hospitals, accusing the providers of poor swine flu preparedness....
The Hill | J. Taylor Rushing | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics
Right-wing pundits like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh have recently spoken out against government direction on the H1N1 vaccine, saying that individual...
Linda Bergthold | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living
It's quite legitimate to ask about the evidence for the importance of vaccinations. But getting vaccinated or not is not simply a personal decision. It affects your family and everyone you associate with.
nytimes.com | Sewell Chan and Anemona Hartocollis | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York
A judge on Friday halted enforcement of a New York State directive requiring that all health care workers be vaccinated for swine flu. ...
nytimes.com | JENNIFER STEINHAUER | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living
People who do not believe in vaccinating children have never had much sway over Leslie Wygant Arndt. She has studied the vaccine debate, she said, and...
Reuters | Posted 11.16.2009 | Technology