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July 7, 2010

Rate the state's response to the H1N1 flu epidemic

What do you think about the state's response to the H1N1 flu epidemic last year?

Was the way officials passed out vaccinations fair? Did they drop the ball? Were you happy with how fast you could get a shot?

Officials at the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene want to know. They are asking for volunteers for focus groups being formed in the city and each county in the state.

You don't need to have had swine flu.

To be considered for a panel, you just need an opinion and maybe some advice -- you also need to be 18-64 years old, confortable speaking English and any race or ethnic group.

Discussions will last for two hours.

You can find an application and aditional information on the health department website.

Baltimore Sun file photo/Jed Kirschbaum

Posted by Meredith Cohn at 4:26 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Swine flu/H1N1

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The issue turned out to be generally a hoax in time for the health care debate. Sure, some persons were affected but overall fatalities or illness rates were indifferent from any other form of influenza.Another poor usage of money.

Posted by: theBaltimoreColt | July 8, 2010 12:15 PM

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About Picture of Health

Meredith Cohn has been a reporter since 1991, covering everything from politics and airlines to the environment and medicine. A runner since junior high and a particular eater for almost as long, she tries to keep up on health and fitness trends. Her aim is to bring you the latest news and information from the local and national medical and wellness communities.

Andrea K. Walker knows it’s weird to some people, but she has a fascination with fitness, diseases, medicine and other health-related topics. She subscribes to a variety of health and fitness magazines and becomes easily engrossed in the latest research in health and science. An exercise fanatic, she’s probably tried just about every fitness activity there is. Her favorites are running, yoga and kickboxing. So it is probably fitting that she has been assigned to cover the business of healthcare and to become a regular contributor to this blog. Andrea has been at The Sun for nearly 10 years, covering manufacturing, retail , airlines and small and minority business. She looks forward to telling readers about the latest health news.

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