Q. What did the Mexican firefighter name his two sons?
A. Hose A and Hose B

But I digress……

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced awards totaling $33 million to expand the training of health care professionals. 

The grants announced today, with funding totals, are distributed through six HRSA programs:

• Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students, $19.3 million.  This program funds health professions schools and training programs which, in turn, provide scholarships to full-time health professions students, with priority given to those with financial need.
• Centers of Excellence, $4.9 million.  This program funds health professions schools to establish or expand programs for minority individuals.  Funds may be used to improve student academic performance, recruit and retain minority faculty, and expand opportunities to train at off-campus, community-based health care sites.
• Public Health Traineeships, $3 million.  This program funds schools of public health to support traineeships that pay tuition, fees, and stipends for students in biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental health, toxicology, nutrition, or maternal and child health.
• Nursing Workforce Diversity, $2.6 million.  This program increases nursing education opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds through student scholarships or stipends, pre-entry preparation, and retention activities.
• Health Careers Opportunities, $2.5 million.  This program funds schools and health professions training sites to establish or expand programs that help individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds enter and graduate from a health professions program.
• Dental Public Health Residency Training, $810,925.  This program funds residency programs in dental public health, including financial aid to residents.       http://omniphysicians.com/2009/09/11/33-million-to-expand-the-training-of-health-care-professionals/

Smiths Medical announced that it is initiating a nationwide voluntary recall of Portex® Uncuffed
Pediatric-Sized Tracheal Tubes (sizes 2.5, 3.0 and 3.5 mm) manufactured before
September 2009.   A small number of tubes were manufactured with internal diameters slightly
smaller than indicated on the labeling, which may create the potential for the clinician to
experience difficulty passing through or withdrawing the suction catheter.

http://omniphysicians.com/2009/09/11/recall-of-portex%c2%ae-pediatric-sized-tracheal-tubes/

This is a statement from the head honcho of NIH about the H1N1 vaccine.   “….preliminary analyses of early data from the NIAID trials align with the recently announced findings and those to be announced imminently by other companies in that both vaccines studied induced what is likely to be a protective immune response in most adults following a single dose in the same amount (15 micrograms) used in seasonal flu vaccines. Specifically, in blood samples obtained 8 to 10 days after vaccination:

• Among healthy adults who received a single 15-microgram dose of the Sanofi Pasteur vaccine, a robust immune response was measured in 96 percent of adults aged 18 to 64 and in 56 percent of adults aged 65 and older. 
• Similarly, among healthy adults who received a single 15-microgram dose of the CSL Limited vaccine, a robust immune response was measured in 80 percent of adults aged 18 to 64 and in 60 percent of adults aged 65 and older.                                                                                                                                                                    http://omniphysicians.com/2009/09/11/fauci/

September 12–18, 2009 is National Child Passenger Safety Week!     In 2007, a total of 606 children aged <8 years died and approximately 75,000 were treated in emergency departments for occupant injuries sustained in motor-vehicle crashes in the United States.  

http://omniphysicians.com/2009/09/11/national-child-passenger-safety-week-september-12-18-2009/

Paul R.