Topic: Tamiflu
AP News | 2009-12-08 19:18:35
<div id="subtitle">British researchers say little evidence Tamiflu works, but WHO says the drug is useful</div><div><p>British researchers say there is little evidence Tamiflu stops complications in healthy people who catch the flu, though public health officials contend the swine flu drug reduces flu hospitalizations and deaths.< ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-12-08 18:24:25
<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - There is no clear evidence that Roche's widely used drug Tamiflu prevents complications such as pneumonia in people with flu, a group of medical experts said on Tuesday.</p><p>Governments around the world have mobilized Tamiflu stockpiles to fight swine flu but an updated review of ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-12-03 17:10:43
<div><p>Dutch authorities said Thursday a patient infected by a mutant strain of the swine flu virus had died, but added that this was not the cause of death.</p><p>Harald Wychgel, spokesman for the Dutch Institute for Health and the Environment, told AFP that there had been a "minor ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-12-03 14:10:14
<div><p>The World Health Organisation on Wednesday recommended boosted antiviral treatment for hospital patients with severely weakened immune systems who contract swine flu, following recent clusters of Tamiflu resistance.</p><p>Although the WHO said there was no evidence that the two clusters found in Wales and in North Carolina marked ...
