Louisiana Doctors Drafting Guidelines on Access to Critical Care During a Disaster
This story was co-published in the New Orleans Times-Picayune
Louisiana health professionals are developing guidelines that specif … more…
Advisory Subcommittee to CDC Approves Ethics Guidance for Rationing Ventilators
Health officials have been tackling the difficult question of how to apportion mechanical ventilators in a severe influenza pandemic … more…
Your Chance to Weigh In on Ventilator Rationing for a Severe Flu Pandemic
On Monday, ordinary Americans get a rare opportunity to weigh in on a life-and-death issue: Who gets access to scarce, life-saving … more…
Sheri Fink and the Ethics of Triage in Disasters
Today (Friday), ProPublica’s Dr. Sheri Fink will participate in a panel discussion sponsored by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative t … more…
Preparing for a Pandemic, State Health Departments Struggle With Rationing Decisions
This story was co-published with the New York Times.
New York state health officials recently laid out this wrenching scenario f … more…
In Flu Pandemic, Florida’s Hospitals May Exclude Certain Patients
Florida health officials are drawing up guidelines that recommend barring patients with incurable cancer, end-stage multiple sclerosi … more…
Key Panel Presses for Clearer Guidance on Who Gets Scarce Resources in Major Medical Disasters
An influential panel of experts on Thursday pointed out serious gaps in planning for a public health disaster and called for clear na … more…
Flu Nightmare: In Severe Pandemic, Officials Ponder Disconnecting Ventilators From Some Patients
With scant public input, state and federal officials are pushing ahead with plans that -- during a severe flu outbreak -- would de … more…
Swine Flu Surprise and Possible U.S. Global Warming Move
Here are our editors' picks from today's roundup of investigative stories around the Web. Was there a story we missed? Please keep s … more…
Stimulus and Swine Flu: Where the Truth Lies
The story about Republicans cutting stimulus money to fight swine flu has spread like, well, a pandemic flu. But there’s much more … more…
Morning Cup: Fact-Checking Stimulus and Swine Flu
Turns out there were porky things in the stimulus bill—only they involved swine flu, the virus suspected of killing about 150 … more…
December 09, 2009
Corporate Employers Got Scarce Flu Vaccine Alison Young, USA Today, December 09, 2009
November 05, 2009
Does the Flu Vaccine Matter? Shannon Brownlee and Jeanne Lenzer, The Atlantic, November 05, 2009
Wal-Mart’s Sick Policy May Spread Swine Flu Mary Kane, Washington Independent, November 05, 2009
October 26, 2009
CDC Abruptly Stopped Tracking Swine Flu Cases Sharyl Attkisson, CBS News, October 26, 2009
October 23, 2009
Amid Problems, U.S. Scrambles to Parcel Out H1N1 Vaccine Rob Stein and Michael Laris, Washington Post, October 23, 2009
October 05, 2009
Public Faces Long Wait to Get New Flu Vaccine Betsy McKay, Wall Steet Journal ($), October 05, 2009
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