Pandemic to end

It wasnt long ago that the community was hit with the H1N1 pandemic. According to Otero County Health Department Director Rick Ritter, the World Health Organization is expected to make an announcement within the next week, saying that the pandemic is over.  

GSK anticipates to supply over 30 million doses of FLULAVAL, FLUARIX for 2010-2011 flu season

GlaxoSmithKline announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) has released the first lots of FluLaval® [Influenza Virus Vaccine] allowing distribution in the U.S. to begin for the 2010-2011 flu season. GSK anticipates distribution of Fluarix® [Influenza Virus Vaccine] to follow in the next several weeks.

Prospects for pandemic preparedness bill grim as session winds down

Bills that Massachusetts lawmakers once described as urgent and an emergency to protect the public health appear unlikely to reach the governor this year ....

State of Florida Selects Upp Technology's IRMS for Statewide Pharmaceutical Management

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill.----Upp Technology, a leader in emergency preparedness and response solutions, announced today that the state of Florida Department of Health , Bureau of Statewide Pharmaceutical Services has selected the IRMS 360|Enterprise solution suite in a hosted environment to manage the states pharmaceutical inventory.

H1N1 response topic of panel

Close to 90 representatives from all levels of the response to the H1N1 influenza pandemic in 2009-10 met Monday to discuss the effort and prepare for the next public health scenario.