Pregnant? Protect Your Baby and Yourself – Get a Flu Shot, PDF
More Reasons to Say Thanks this November
There are a lot of ways that the law, signed 20 months ago, has provided significant relief to families throughout the country, easing worries and ensuring that focus is on health, not on fighting with insurance companies over the phone. Chances are, someone in your family is seeing new rights and benefits. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, during the month of November on our Twitter and Facebook pages we’ll be highlighting these benefits and sharing some of the stories we’ve heard from people around the country who have been helped by the law. We also want to hear from you, so we encourage you to tell us your story about how you’ve been helped by benefits in the law. Share on Twitter with the hashtag #ThanksHCR. You can find us on Twitter at: @HealthCareGov.
Have You Heard, November 4, 2011: CDC Confirms the 6th and 7th Cases of Swine-Origin Influenza A H3N2 Virus with 2009 H1N1 M Gene
National Influenza Vaccination WeekMedia Toolkit, PDF
National Influenza Vaccination Week:Submit Your Plans
National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) is a national observance that was established to highlight the importance of continuing influenza vaccination, as well as fostering greater use of flu vaccine after the holiday season into January and beyond. NIVW 2011-2012 is scheduled for December 4-10, 2011.
Flu Vaccine Recommended for Almost Everyone, PDF
The flu vaccine – Protection from the flu. Peace of mind for you. PDF
Improving Health Disparities Research
Today, we are achieving yet another milestone, by implementing an important provision of the Affordable Care Act that will improve the collection of data on HHS-sponsored surveys. With this advance, we as a nation can better understand and target health disparities and ultimately move toward eliminating them.
Keeping Medicare Affordable in 2012
Today, we have more good news. The Medicare Part B monthly premium paid by most beneficiaries, which helps pay for physicians’ services, outpatient hospital services, certain home health services, and other items, is rising by only $3.50 despite earlier projections of a much bigger jump.
FDA Updated Communication on Use of Jet Injectors with Inactivated Influenza Vaccines
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recommending that health care professionals use a sterile needle and syringe to administer inactivated influenza vaccines.
UPDATED: 2011-12 Influenza Vaccine and Vaccination Information
Information added regarding: What should I do if I got an influenza vaccine using a needle-free jet injector? Do I need to get vaccinated again?
Think You’re Not at Risk for the Flu? You Might be Dead Wrong, PDF
Pregnancy and Influenza Vaccine Safety
Feature on flu vaccine and pregnancy studies presented at IDSA’s 2011 Annual Meeting.