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Twitter use forecasted cholera outbreak
For the second time this month, a study shows the value of online tools and information--including social media--to healthcare professionals. Researchers affiliated with Harvard Medical School and
CDC posts stats on its social media experience
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has put its web and social media statistics online in a new "eHealth Metrics Dashboard." The collection of data--most of it covering the period from January to
Mobile sensors help track H1N1 transmission patterns
Last winter's outbreak of the H1N1 "swine flu" virus caused a lot of consternation and panic among the public, and left many an epidemiologist and physician scrambling for credible information to
Get ready for 'back-to-flu' season
Although the 2009 H1N1 pandemic is officially history, according to the World Health Organization, there is still work to be done to prepare for the 2010-11 season, for which vaccine doses have
H1N1 flu pandemic is over, World Health Organization announces
The 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic is officially over, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee and WHO Director-General, Dr. Margaret
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
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
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
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
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
