Flu Fight: Keep It Simple (The Baltimore Sun)
Posted in Op-Eds, Print on Dec 14th, 2009
Sick People Should Stay Home If They Can, Wear A Face Mask If They Can’t
October 01, 2009|By Faheem Younus
“I guess I’ll take my chances.”
I hear this a lot from patients when I fail to convince them about proper management and prevention of H1N1 flu. Why would someone in this day and age think like that? Why, when we have a rapid test to diagnose the flu; when we have two novel antiviral medications; when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are providing more timely information than one can read?
Part of the problem is access to treatment. Most Americans...
The True Cost of H1N1 (The Takeaway Morning Radio)
Posted in Radio on Oct 2nd, 2009
Flu season starts officially on Sunday, and while the government has been urging schools to close only as a last resort in the battle against H1N1, there have already been at least 187 school closures since the school year started last month. Ross Hammond from the Brookings Institution discusses his new report that reveals that the true cost to the nation of closing schools and day care centers could be as much as $47 billion. Kathleen Murphy is a registered nurse and the health services coordinator for the Milwaukee Public Schools; she tells us what her school district is doing to prevent...
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