Posted on 26 October 2009. Tags: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Public Health Commission, Centers for Disease Control, coffee, Harvard, Harvard University Medical School, medical school students, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, pathology lab, poisoned, research building, sodium azide
BOSTON — Harvard University Medical School will increase security and install new video cameras at its laboratories this week as police work to determine whether six people were intentionally poisoned at a research building.
The scientists and students fell ill on Aug. 26 after consuming a potentially lethal chemical that was present in their coffee, according to an internal memo sent to medical school students on Friday. All six people had used a single-serve coffee machine near their pathology lab at Harvard’s New Research Building to prepare the coffee, and all later reported dizziness and low blood pressure. Read the full story
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Posted on 16 September 2009. Tags: 2006, boston, Boston Emergency Medical Services, Boston Marathon, Boston Public Health Commission, chief of staff, disease trackers, Dr. Alfred DeMaria, Dr. Anita Barry, Flu Shot, Fourth of July, H1N1, ID bracelet, immunization, Laura Williams, mass disasters, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, milwaukee, Rich Serino, Swine Flu, Technology, Tracking, Vaccine
Using technology originally developed for mass disasters, Boston disease trackers are embarking on a novel experiment – one of the first in the country – aimed at eventually creating a citywide registry of everyone who has had a flu vaccination.
The resulting vaccination map would allow swift intervention in neighborhoods left vulnerable to the fast-moving respiratory illness. Read the full story
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