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Caplan: Swine Flu Response Isn't Even Worth Sneezing At
For all the planning, prioritizing, and head scratching done by state and federal governments for the coming H1N1 flu crisis this fall, we still have fallen short, says Arthur Caplan in his most recent MSNBC column. Why? The reasons are plentiful, but if you ask me the answer is simple:... (read the rest)
The November Issue of AJOB Is Now Online!
With H1N1 and flu vaccines on everyone's minds, the November issue of The American Journal of Bioethics couldn't be more timely. What do people think about the measures necessary to protect ourselves from flu? Do we, or more importantly should we trust our government to protect us in a pandemic?... (read the rest)
In New York, You Get the Shot Or Walk the Plank
As Art Caplan's most recent MSNBC column explains, New York is taking a hard line on health care workers getting their flu vaccinations this year. It's quite simple: get the shot or lose your job. Health care workers rallied in Albany, NY yesterday protesting that their rights were being violated... (read the rest)
Stay Up-to-Date about H1N1 at pandemic.bioethics.net
WIth the launch this week of the national vaccination program for swine flu, debate is raging over whether children should be vaccinated, who should be first in line to receive the vaccine, and whether the program in general will be effective. Is America ready for a nationwide flu vaccine drive?... (read the rest)
Flu Vaccines: Who, Where, and How Much?
In the Globe and Mail, Francoise Baylis asks the tough questions about how much swine flu vaccine to produce and who should receive it. In the US, our government has just decided that pregnant women should be among those to be included in the H1N1 flu vaccine trials (presumably because... (read the rest)
Version 3.0: pandemic.bioethics.net
Award-winning Target Articles, Editorials, and Open Peer Commentaries from The American Journal of Bioethics are available now at pandemic.bioethics.net. Click on the links below for direct access or visit us at pandemic.bioethics.net Resources: Pandemic Influenza Ethics Initiative Resources from the Veterans Health Administration's National Center for Ethics News: WHO: Up... (read the rest)
UPDATE: Your Source for Swine Flu and Ethics: pandemic.bioethics.net
Award-winning Target Articles, Editorials, and Open Peer Commentaries from The American Journal of Bioethics are available now at pandemic.bioethics.net. Click on the links below for direct access or visit us at pandemic.bioethics.net News: Flu Fighters? Experts: Tamiflu, Relenza work on swine flu but only sickest may get it Blogs: Caplan:... (read the rest)
Caplan: No Hype In Flu Response
Art Caplan writes today in his MSNBC column: "overall, the resources, attention and response to the H1N1 swine flu outbreak have been absolutely appropriate." Do you agree? Go to pandemic.bioethics.net to post your own reactions to Caplan's column. To read the entire column read more after the break or click... (read the rest)
AJOB Articles Available Now at pandemic.bioethics.net
Award-winning Target Articles, Editorials, and Open Peer Commentaries from The American Journal of Bioethics are available now at pandemic.bioethics.net. Click on the links below for direct access or visit us at pandemic.bioethics.net or on Facebook.... (read the rest)
Politicians are NOT Public Health Officials, But They Try to Play Them on TV!
After Vice President Joseph Biden's gaffe last week when he appeared on the Today Show about not taking public transportation such as subways and airplanes out of concern for being in confined spaces due to the swine flu, he's making up for it now. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World... (read the rest)
Politicians are NOT Public Health Officials, But They Try to Play Them on TV!
After Vice President Joseph Biden's gaffe last week when he appeared on the Today Show about not taking public transportation such as subways and airplanes out of concern for being in confined spaces due to the swine flu, he's making up for it now. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World... (read the rest)
Politicians are NOT Public Health Officials, But They Try to Play Them on TV!
After Vice President Joseph Biden's gaffe last week when he appeared on the Today Show about not taking public transportation such as subways and airplanes out of concern for being in confined spaces due to the swine flu, he's making up for it now. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World... (read the rest)
AJOB Editors' Blog: A Swine Flu Review
Just recap what we have written so far here at blog.bioethics.net: Caplan: Controlling the Swine Flu Means Looking to Simple, Not Sexy, Lessons from the Past The Two Ruths Say Wash Your Hands and Don't Panic. From 1918 to 1976 to Today: A Swine Flu Memoir Summer Johnson, PhD... (read the rest)
Your Source for Swine Flu and Ethics: pandemic.bioethics.net
Launched today, pandemic.bioethics.net is your leading source for bioethics news, commentary and scholarship related to swine flu (H1N1), vaccine research, public health policy and more. Whether you want up-to-the minute news updates, to comment on what we are writing here at bioethics.net, or to post your own news stories and... (read the rest)
From 1918 to 1976 to Today: A Swine Flu Memoir
It wasn't all that long ago that Ricki Lewis, guest editor for The American Journal of Bioethics and guest blogger for blog.bioethics.net wrote a post called "A 1918 Flu Memoir" published here and in The Journal. Scientifically interesting and from a human perspective, Lewis' essay now has taken on a... (read the rest)
The Two Ruths Say Wash Your Hands and Don't Panic.
At the risk of blog.bioethics.net becoming the porcinefluenza.bioethics.net, I had to post at least one more commentary today about the swine flu epidemic. Ruth Karron and Ruth Faden from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health weigh in at the New York Times answering the question, "Swine Flu: A Cause... (read the rest)
Caplan: Controlling the Swine Flu Means Looking to Simple, Not Sexy, Lessons from the Past
Arthur Caplan says that we can learn a thing or two about controlling the current swine flu outbreak if we look backward to what worked in the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. The lessons to learn aren't glamorous or groundbreaking: good ole' hygiene, isolation and common sense are the best protectors... (read the rest)
A 1918 Flu Memoir
My grandfather was an amazing man, biologically speaking. He lived until age 103, so healthy that family lore has it that his cancer-ridden prostate actually grew back, apparently normal enough to have enabled him to survive another few decades. He ate his favorite food, deep fried crabs, until the... (read the rest)
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