Monday, July 06, 2009

Two Referrals For The Price Of One

 

# 3444

 

 

First, the Revere’s at Effect Measure have an excellent blog this morning about pre-existing conditions – particularly in young adults.

 

A surprisingly high number of those aged 18-29 have comorbid conditions that put them at higher risk from influenza.

 

 The opportunistic flu virus

 

 

And second, over night Crof at Crofsblog (who is doing an amazing job tracking news stories from around the world, but particularly in South America) brings us a translation of a story out of Bolivia, indicating just how hard the health care system is being hit by this pandemic.

 

Bolivia: "Some hospitals have collapsed"