Johns Hopkins flu expert calls for mandatory vaccination of health care workers
Johns Hopkins' senior hospital epidemiologist and flu expert is calling for mandatory vaccination of all health care workers as the best means of protecting patients and hospital staff from widespread outbreaks of the viral illness. Studies by other United States researchers show that voluntary vaccination programs don't do the job and that each year, nearly 40,000 Americans die from influenza,...Broadband freedom mandatory for growth
As a member of the Wisconsin State Senate, my top priority has been growing the state's lagging economy. As co-chair of the Senate Select Committee on Job Creation, many pro-job initiatives authored and vetted by our committee have passed the legislature on a bi-partisan basis. These bills have improved the state's energy readiness, created a more reasonable regulatory environment and built a fo...Making Fortification Mandatory In Order To Reduce Birth Defects
Based on findings of a recent study researchers say fortifying milk with folic acid //could offer an accessible source of the vitamin. Although adding folic acid to foods is not currently permitted in many European markets, in some places like US and Canada it is still added to flour order to prevent neural tube defects in babies. Ireland is currently consulting on whether it too shou...Canada Introduces Mandatory Nutrition Labeling
Mandatory nutrition labeling has been introduced in Canada for most packaged foods of trans fats. This is expected to contribute towards the good health of Canadians in general. //Much of the trans fats in our diet come from partial hydrogenation, which is an industrial process which serves to solidify liquid vegetable oils and extends their shelf life in addition to making them more stab...Move to make HIV Tests mandatory For Soldiers In Northeast
As part of efforts to prevent the spread of HIV in the three armed services, particularly the army, the Indian armed forces plan to make HIV tests mandatory // for all its personnel serving in the northeast. A proposal to test all soldiers going to the insurgency-affected northeast as well as those returning from the region is awaiting clearance from the government, said Vice Admiral V....Flu Shots Not Mandatory For Nurses
U.S. District Court Judge Marsha Pechman ruled in Seattle that the Virginia Mason Medical Center couldn't force nurses to take flu shots or give up their jobs.// This ruling came after most nurses agreed to take the said shots. The hospital had asked the 600-strong nursing staff to avail the flu shots as a "fitness for duty" measure. In August last year, a labor arbitrator, Eduardo Esca...HIV Test is Becoming Mandatory as a Part of Pre-marriage Exercise
Families here are now insisting on HIV tests ahead of marriages. // Pathology labs in the city have registered an increase in the number of HIV tests, particularly during the marriage season. Rajesh Bose (name changed) got an HIV test done last year. "I was in love with her. But her parents thought I was a flirt," said Bose. "But when I produced the (HIV test...