A woman in Multnomah County likely has swine flu, Oregon health officials said, but the case hasn't been confirmed by tests at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Obama administration stood solidly against closing the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday, with Vice President Joe Biden calling this health emergency option "a monumental undertaking" with only limited benefits now that the swine flu virus already has penetrated many states and forced roughly a hundred school closures.
A recent report in The New York Times indicated that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is holding a rare “all-hands meeting” to discuss strategic issues in the medical device division of the agency is a further indication that safety approval of medical devices has been compromised, putting patients’ health and safety at risk. The meeting shows that the FDA sees an urgent need for reform in the agency especially when it comes to medical devices that have seen massive recalls and no recourse of litigation for those injured by these devices.
The American Association for Justice (AAJ) has been working with a large coalition of consumer and patient safety groups to pass the Medical Device Safety Act (MDSA), legislation that would restore the rights of medical device patients to seek justice in state courts when they have been harmed by unsafe medical devices.
The Associated Press= President Barack Obama said Wednesday that schools should close temporarily if any students have confirmed or suspected cases of swine flu.
President Barack Obama leaves the podium after holding a prime time news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
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