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Infectious Diseases

Ready for school? Not in California, say school nurses
19 August 2010
Fewer than half of Golden State adolescents vaccinated against meningococcal disease.
Talk not enough to meet U.N. health goals, says nurse leader
By James E. Mattson, 04 August 2010
Social determinants, not disease management, are key. (open access)
Joint Commission issues seasonal flu vaccination challenge
19 August 2009
Raises bar above 2008-09 rates
Nurses demand closure of swine flu safety gaps
06 August 2009
Protest follows first nurse death from H1N1
Anne Teitelman
16 May 2009
Research by Anne Teitelman helps bridge the gap between fact and fiction about HIV and STIs.
Sassi and friends on the island of Fais in Micronesia.
20 August 2008
In March 2007, Kathleen Sassi took her first voyage with Aloha Medical Mission, which provides medical assistance to islands in the Pacific. Many of the islands have neither electricity nor running water, and disease is widespread.
By Elizabeth Valente, 20 August 2008
Family nurse practitioner students build bridges between cultures.
Juli C. Maxworthy
By Juli C. Maxworthy, 27 May 2008
If poor hygiene fosters disease, why are hospitals so non-compliant with hand washing?
02 June 2006
Rachel Jones, RN, PhD, faculty member of Rutgers College of Nursing, premiered video vignettes for hand-held computers aimed at reducing young women’s HIV sexual risk behavior.
Editor’s blog: Goodbye, comfort!
Meet some of your amazing colleagues. (open access)