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HEALTH
March 2008: The Truth About Staph
One woman’s harrowing tale of dealing with a dangerous MRSA infection.
April 2008: After The Deluge
Ex-debutante Cecile Tebo saved her sanity by reinventing herself as the head of
New Orleans’s mental health SWAT team.
February 2007: The bug drugs can't cure
A deadly infection is attacking young, healthy women. SELF reports on MRSA, the germ that scares even your doctor.
October 2008: Morgellons mystery
For Emily White, it felt like the worst flu ever.
It was the spring of 2006. She was stressed and run-down. But she just didn't understand how her symptoms could be so intense.
CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE
RESEARCH AND POLICY NEWS (selected)
10 May 10: ERs felt flu fear before flu
6 April 10: Flu shot increased H1N1 risk
1 Mar 10: Parents concerned about flu shot side effects
21 Jan 10: New tool traces MRSA’s global spread
4 Jan 10: MRSA clone in animals worrisome
9 Sept 09: ERs fear fall flood of H1N1
8 May 09: Swine flu overwhelms ERs
1 May 09: Many hurdles to swine flu vaccine
16 Oct 08: Can polio vaccination ever cease?
13 Oct 08: MRSA increases child flu deaths
3 Oct 08: Economic breakdown in vaccine manufacture
21 July 08: Looking for outbreaks with web 2.0
18 June 08: A final push to end polio
10 March 08: Flu season exposes preparedness gaps
14 Dec 07: H5N1: A decade’s lessons
25 Oct 07: Series: The Pandemic Vaccine Puzzle
16 May 07: Syndromic surveillance: faulty or useful?
17 April 07: Planners urged to tap grassroots
6 Feb 07: Pandemic vaccines challenging
11 Jan 07: Avian flu prevention puzzle
Oct 2006 - Special report from Vietnam:
HEART-HEALTHY LIVING
Fall 2006:
Free Readings at the Barber Shop
“For once hard-to-reach African-Americans, heart-smart blood-pressure readings are now as close as the barber’s chair.”
June 2009: The Earthquake Avenger
When an earthquake hit too close to home, Marla Petal found a new calling: helping schoolchildren survive natural disasters.
February 2009: Germophobia
It's viral, destructive and oozing into every crevice of our lives. You may already be infected.
ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Sept 2011: Patient Safey Advocates Call for Skills Assessments for Older Physicians
Sept 2011: Reaping the Whirlwind: An Emergency Physician in the Joplin, MO Tornado
June 2011: The Growing Strain of Mental Health Care on Emergency Departments
Feb 2011: Hospital Pharmacists Scrambling Amid Vast Drug Shortages
Jan 2011: More Than Bike Helmets and Car Seats: EDs Step Up Role in Pediatric Injury Prevention
Aug 2010: Beyond Regionalization: Experts Grapple With Research Agenda
July 2010: The Most Good for the Most People: Push for “Crisis Standards of Care”
June 2010: The Root of the Problem: ERs Struggle to Provide Dental Care
April 2010: Rabies Reason: CDC Recommends Reduced Dosing for Rabies Vaccine
Jan 2010: Pearls About Swine: How EDs are Coping with the Surge of H1N1
Nov 2009: Physicians, Professional Organizations Face Specialty Certification Challenges
Nov 2009: Med Schools, Training Programs Eschew Pharma Funds
July 2009: Emergency Medicine Research and the Scramble for the Stimulus Bill
April 2009: Rota and Pneumococcus Vaccine Success: “Where Have All the Kids Gone?”
Dec 2008: Controversy Swirls Around Sepsis Therapy: Pioneer Defends Ground-Breaking Approach
June 2008: Vaccine Mishap, Flu Outbreaks Overwhelm EDs
March 2008: The Many Faces of MRSA: Community-Acquired Infection Knows No Bounds
Jan 2008: Two Years after Katrina, Every Day is Monday in New Orleans’ ERs
May 2007: IOM Report Ignites New Debate on Who Should Practice Emergency Medicine
Feb 2007: HIV Testing - Should the Emergency Department Take Part?
Nov 2006: Polyheme and the Ethics of Informed Consent
Sept 2006: Anatomy of a Pandemic - Emergency Departments Unprepared for Bird Flu Outbreak
Aug 2006: Debate Over Future of Emergency Care
February 2011: Your Backyard Bites Back
As tiny ticks proliferate across the country, they are spreading diseases you and your doctor haven’t heard of. SELF investigates a growing threat to your health and the blood supply.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
April 2011
A new pattern of antibiotic resistance that is spreading around the globe may soon leave us defenseless against a frighteningly wide range of dangerous bacterial infections
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