Shortage of flu vaccines leaves healthcare workers vulnerable
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 13:28
in Health & Medicine
On the front lines of the H1N1 outbreak, tens of thousands of local doctors and nurses are scrambling to get vaccinated. One nurse says it's like 'asking us to fight a war without protection.' For more than a week, occupational nurse Janet Li-Tall has been giving the H1N1 flu vaccine to a short list of fellow healthcare workers at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical...
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