By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA In a recent post, Swine Flu: H1N1 Flu Vaccine – Who Should Get It, Who Shouldn’t Get It and Is It Safe, a Healthin30 reader, Doriorio posted a comment and questioned the safety of the H1N1 Flu Vaccine. Doriorio writes: “Hi. Thanks for a great post. My pediatrician expressed concern to me about potential adjuvents in the H1N1 vaccines, saying that there are six manufacturers and potentially a wide…
Read More...Swine Flu: H1N1 Flu Vaccine – Who Should Get It, Who Shouldn’t Get It and Is It Safe?
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA In April I co-authored, “Swine Flu Vs. Soap: Our bet’s on the soap!” with pediatrician, Dr. Gwenn O’Keefe, founder of Pediatricsnow. We gave a brief overview about the swine flu H1N1 and discussed preventative measures. While the information remains the same in our post, I’d like to now add a little info about the the H1N1 flu vaccine. Health information about H1N1 is circulating the web faster than tweets…
Read More...Wash Your Hands With Elmo: Stay Healthy, Wash Your Hands!
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA (Updated 2/24/20) Elmo helps kids to protect themselves and to keep germs away. Elmo the adorable Sesame Street character who has been a house-hold staple for many years, teaches children about the importance of hand washing and staying healthy. In an effort to prevent the spread of the swine flu, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), teamed up with the popular children’s show Sesame Street to help…
Read More...Guess What You Can Do in 15 to 20 Seconds to Keep You Healthy?
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Have you ever been in a public bathroom and noticed the number of people that don’t wash their hands? It doesn’t matter where you are. You can be in a mall, an airport, a hospital, a restaurant, a school, a concert, work, a sporting event and the list can go on and on. People are not washing their hands. Hand Washing Isn’t Sexy Okay so this topic isn’t so…
Read More...Swine Flu Vs. Soap: Our bet’s on the soap
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA It’s always frightening to learn of outbreaks that the CDC labels as a “public health emergency”. While the swine flu may be new to us in name, it’s not new to us in what it is at its core, how we have to prepare ourselves for it, should it arrive in our area, and what we can do to protect ourselves. The reason we now see it in humans…
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