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.

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.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recommending that health care professionals use a sterile needle and syringe to administer inactivated influenza vaccines.

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?

Feature on flu vaccine and pregnancy studies presented at IDSA’s 2011 Annual Meeting.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising health care professionals not to use injector devices to administer influenza vaccines

The patient in Maine was reported to have attended an agricultural fair where animals, including pigs, were present.

Diseñado para la impresión de calcomanías de 2”, 12 calcomnías por hoja.

Diseñado para la impresión de calcomanías de 2.5”, 9 calcomnías por hoja.

La fotonovela es una herramienta para ayudar a facilitar una conversación sobre la importancia de la vacunación contra la influenza en mujeres embarazadas. La fotonovela esta en ingles y español (bilingue).

The fotonovela is a tool to help facilitate a discussion of the importance of influenza vaccination among pregnant women. The fotonovela is available in Spanish and English (bilingual).