The Associated Press/Seattle Times examines the growing pressure on health care workers to receive flu shots, in light of a state law in New York that requires them to get vaccinated against swine and seasonal flus. According to a CDC study last year, "[r]oughly half of health workers skip the immunizations," which "rais[es] two concerns: If doctors and nurses get sick, who will treat what could be millions of Americans reeling from seasonal or swine flu? And could infected health workers make things worse by spreading flu to patients?" (Tanner/Bauman, 9/8).

This article is republished with kind permission from our friends at The Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery of in-depth coverage of health policy developments, debates and discussions. The Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report is published for Kaisernetwork, a free service of The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. 2009 Advisory Board Company and Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.