Silobreaker: Some health workers lack flu vaccine

NEWS SEARCH ANALYSIS INSIGHT

Saturday, November 21, 2009 8:53 PM

Published 11/03/2009 by Los Angeles Times

Some health workers lack flu vaccine

For more than a week, occupational nurse Janet Li-Tall has been giving the H1N1 flu vaccine to a short list of fellow healthcare workers at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. But she cannot get the coveted vaccine for herself.'I just have to wait with everyone else,' said Li-Tall, 28....

READ FULL ARTICLE

Share this

What others report on the same story

New York Businesses Get H1N1 Vaccine - Business...

Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and other large city employers have started receiving small quantities of swine flu vaccine for high-risk employeesTo the list of hundreds ... - [11/03/2009 - New Straits Times]

Deaths from H1N1 rise by 700 in one week, WHO r...

The number of deaths from H1N1 (swine flu) rose by 700 in a week, to top 5,700 since the virus was first identified in April, the WHO reported Friday, Agence France-Presse ... - [11/03/2009 - News-Medical.Net]

New York Businesses Get H1N1 Vaccine

To the list of hundreds of schools, hospitals, and community health centers that have received limited allocations of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine, you can now add ... - [11/03/2009 - BusinessWeek]

Questions abound on swine-flu vaccine as lines ... - [11/02/2009 - Orlando Sentinel]

Chuck takes flu 'shot' - [11/02/2009 - New York Post]

Swine flu questions: What will doctors charge f... - [11/02/2009 - Tampa Tribune]

A million doses of swine flu drugs given - [11/02/2009 - National Post]

Does the Swine Flu Vaccine Really Work? - [11/02/2009 - Suite101.com]

Ottawa defends H1N1 vaccine rollout - [11/02/2009 - Globe and Mail]

U.S. Child Deaths from Swine Flu Exceed 100 - [11/02/2009 - LiveScience.com]

Quotes

...against H1N1. "From a public health standpoint, here's the choice you have: vaccinate a fraction of the population, which means the other large fraction of the population is at risk, or get your hospitals vaccinated so they're open when the catastrophe strikes" Weiss said...

Some health workers lack flu vaccine [Los Angeles Times - 11/03/2009]

...Weiss said. "We need to vaccinate the people who are on the front lines of the battlefield so that when this thing really pops -- and it's popping now -- they don't go down." Weiss recalled being...

Some health workers lack flu vaccine [Los Angeles Times - 11/03/2009]

...H1N1 each day. "It's a big risk for them going to work and doing this every day" he said.As of last...

Some health workers lack flu vaccine [Los Angeles Times - 11/03/2009]

Related Stories

First Reported 10/28/2009 - Updated 10/29/2009 - 45 Documents (in Health)

Australian state vaccinates 200,000 for A/H1N1 flu

CANBERRA, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Australian state of Queensland has vaccinated 200,000 people against the A/H1N1 flu within a month of its release. 'This is a very good result to get 200,000 in such a short time,' Queensland Health director-general Michael ... [Xinhua News Agency - 10/29/2009]

Entities: Vaccine, Influenza A H1N1 Virus, Jeannette Young

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 19 Documents (in Health)

World Health Organization

WHO: H1N1 Differs From Seasonal Flu

(EUNewsNet.com and OfficialWire)GENEVA, SWITZERLANDThe H1N1 influenza virus should not be treated like a seasonal flu strain, a World Health Organization doctor said Thursday in Geneva, Switzerland.Dr. Keiji Fukuda, the U.N. health agency's point man ... [OfficialWire - 11/06/2009]

Entities: Influenza A H1N1 Virus, World Health Organization, Keiji Fukuda, Geneva, Switzerland

First Reported 10/30/2009 - Updated 10/31/2009 - 34 Documents (in Health)

Developments Friday in the ongoing H1N1 pandemic in Canada and around the world:

Amid public demand for H1N1 shots that's growing at an exponential rate, Ottawa is telling vaccine-hungry provinces to expect only a fraction of what they were hoping to get.Vaccine maker GlaxoSmithKline will deliver just over 400,000 doses of the vaccine ... [C-Health - 10/31/2009]

Entities: Vaccine, Influenza A H1N1 Virus, Swine Flu

First Reported 11/08/2009 - Updated 11/09/2009 - 69 Documents (in Politics)

House of Reps Passes Health Care Bill

The House of Representatives passed a sweeping health care bill by a vote of 220-215, last night, Saturday, November 8, 2009.According to CNN, H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act has taken a step forward, but, 'the Senate will vote on ... [About - 11/09/2009]

Entities: Health Care, Affordable Health Care

First Reported 10/27/2009 - Updated 10/28/2009 - 32 Documents (in Health)

Schools Begin Swine Flu Vaccination Campaign

Piotr Redlinski for The New York Times Children in PS 157 recieve the swine flu vaccine in Bed Styvesant in Brooklyn. Here, (right) Jesus Lopez, 10, and Aylin Tlapanco, 10, both 5th graders get a nose shot of the vaccine.Updated, 11:52 a.m. | Jesus Lopez ... [New York Times - 10/28/2009]

Entities: Vaccine, Jesus Lopez, Swine Flu Vaccine, Swine Flu, Education

First Reported 11/01/2009 - Updated 11/02/2009 - 13 Documents (in Health)

Benjamin Netanyahu

PM calls on Israelis to get H1N1 vaccine

Article's topics: Swine Flu, Binyamin Netanyahu, Yaakov LitzmanPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and senior Health Ministry officials on Monday put all their weight behind their national campaign for vaccination against the H1N1 flu virus, which since ... [Jerusalem Post - 11/02/2009]

Entities: Vaccine, Benjamin Netanyahu, Influenza A H1N1 Virus, Yaakov Litzman, Swine Flu Vaccine

First Reported 11/01/2009 - Updated 11/02/2009 - 32 Documents (in Health)

Developments Saturday in the ongoing H1N1 pandemic in Canada and around the world:

Canada's top doctor acknowledged Sunday that health officials didn't expect so many people to line up for the swine flu shot.Dr. David Butler-Jones, the chief public health officer, told CTV that as recently as a few weeks ago officials didn't anticipate ... [C-Health - 11/02/2009]

Entities: Pandemic, Vaccine, Influenza A H1N1 Virus

First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/04/2009 - 18 Documents (in Health)

South African panel favors novel H1N1 in seasonal vaccine

The health department has cautioned people travelling to countries with high rates of H1N1 flu to be on high alert.Once a total of 100 cases of swine flu have been confirmed in South Africa, authorities will stop the individual laboratory confirmation ... [Centre For Infectious Disease Research and Policy - 11/04/2009]

Entities: Vaccine, Influenza A H1N1 Virus, Barry Schoub, Virus, South Africa

First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 30 Documents (in Health)

GSK resumes making H1N1 adjuvanted vaccine

CTV News VideoA doctor with the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion explains why it will take a very long time to get everybody vaccinated against H1N1.The provincial Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Arlene King, provides an update ... [CTV.ca - 11/03/2009]

Entities: Vaccine, Influenza A H1N1 Virus, Swine Flu Vaccine, Swine Flu

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 40 Documents (in Health)

Wall Street Receives Swine Flu Vaccine ahead of hospitals

Wall Street giants Goldman Sachs and Citigroup among others received doses of swine flu vaccine; critics say vaccine going to the privileged first…Some of New York’s biggest companies have received doses of the swine flu vaccine, drawing claims that the ... [Healthcare Digital - 11/06/2009]

Entities: Vaccine, Swine Flu Vaccine, Wall Street

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/07/2009 - 20 Documents (in Health)

A/H1N1 vaccination program extends to all Beijingers

BEIJING, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's capital Beijing is leading the country in planning an extended A/H1N1 vaccination program which will cover all people with registered permanent Beijing residency.The roll-out will begin on Nov. 16 and during the program ... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/07/2009]

Entities: Influenza A H1N1 Virus, Beijing, Zhao Tao

First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 16 Documents

Russian male died of A/H1N1 in Beijing

Special coverage: A(H1N1) Flu Related readings: BEIJING: Beijing Health Bureau reported one death related to the A/H1N1 flu today, cnr,cn reported.According to the Beijing Health Bureau expert board, a 32-year-old Russian male arrived in Beijing on ... [CHINAdaily - 11/03/2009]

Entities: Influenza A H1N1 Virus, Beijing, Hypoxia

Blogs

sort by: Date \| Relevance
Healthcare Company Profits Sensitivity to Obama... [The Market Oracle - 10/31/2009] PM By: Richard_Shaw National healthcare wherever is implemented squeezes prices and profits of the private businesses involved in the system.Obamacare in the U.S. ...
US: Shortage of flu vaccines leaves healthcare ... [H5N1 - 11/03/2009] Via the Los Angeles Times: Shortage of flu vaccines leaves healthcare workers vulnerable. Excerpt:For more than a week, occupational nurse Janet Li-Tall has been ...
U.S. Healthcare Legislation Investment Impact [The Market Oracle - 11/09/2009] AM By: Richard_Shaw Last night the U.S. House of Representatives brought us one large step closer to a national healthcare system. Investors should be cognizant ...
Top Firms Finally Hit By H1N1 Threat [Here is the city - Business News - 11/06/2009] It's been a long time coming, but the H1N1 threat has finally hit Wall Street - not the virus itself though, but anger from lawmakers and activist groups who are ...
The Nanny State and the Cost of Unfunded Govern... [The Market Oracle - 11/01/2009] PM By: James_Quinn We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, ...

Audio/Video

sort by: Date \| Relevance
Military questioned about H1N1 [CNN.com - Video - 11/05/2009]
H1N1 Declining in Some States [CBS - YouTube - 11/05/2009]
H1N1's Potentially Deadly Combination [CBS - YouTube - 11/07/2009]
H1N1 Declining in Some States [CBS News Online - YouTube - 11/05/2009]
H1N1's Potentially Deadly Combination [CBS News Online - YouTube - 11/07/2009]

Change Password

Log in to Silobreaker

Advanced Search Options

Some health workers lack flu vaccine