Tamiflu

Regarding Tamiflu, Doctors and Patients Face a Question of When to Act

New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

There has been some confusion among doctors about whether to prescribe the antiviral drug Tamiflu for less severe cases.

withheld ukraine sequences raise pandemic concerns

subrealism (Free subscription) | yesterday

Recombinomics | Right now we know that many clinical specimens and viruses have been sent to one of the WHO collaborating centres for further study. We don't know the results of those studies, and it will probably take a couple of days for the full analysis of those viruses to be available. But in the meantime, what we do not have is any evidence of viruses there or anywhere else as showing any big...

some streets (wall) are more equal than others (main)

skippy the bush kangaroo (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

apparently, those of us americans who work on main street are of no consequence to those who are pol brown-nosing, economy draining, life sucking denizens of wall street. goldman sachs, inc., morgan stanley and citigroup, inc. are among several large new york city employers that got doses of the h1n1 vaccine, which remains in short supply as the new flu virus continues to spread and manufacturers struggle...

The H1N1 Swine Test is About 15-60% Sensitive

The Happy Hospitalist (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

How sensitive is the H1N1 Swine test ? A reader asked me that question. I was told a few weeks ago that the H1N1 swine test was between 15-60% sensitive. A Pretty big range. Which means if you have the H1N1 swine flu, 15-60% of the time the H1N1 swine test will be positive. That doesn't seem like a great screening test, does it? The reader told me the tthought the test runs about $500 and isn't covered...

Nine reasons why your viral campaigns aren’t working

SEOptimise Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Viral marketing is without a doubt one of the most appealing ways for a company to promote a new product on the Internet – it really is a win-win situation; customers do all the dirty work for you, and it costs near to nothing to market your product in front of millions of potential customers. [...] © SEOptimise. Signup for the SEOptimise monthly newsletter and hire us for Search Engine...

Roche's Seoul offices raided in probe into illegal Tamiflu sales

Financial Times (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Prosecutors have raided the Seoul office of Roche on suspicions the Swiss drugs group illegally provided Tamiflu to HSBC and Novartis amid fears of a widespread...

• Roche's Seoul base raided in Tamiflu trade probe - Financial Times
• Roche’s Korean Office Raided Over Tamiflu - Pharmalot
• See the 4 articles on the same subject

Nigeria: Swine Flu - No Cause for Alarm, Say Lagos, Nema

All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

The Lagos State Government and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have assured Nigerians not to panic over the newly reported outbreak of H1N1 popularly known as Swine flu as there is enough Tamiflu to contain the virus in the unlikely event of a spread.

Pharmacists to Express Scripts: Cut Tamiflu red tape

The St Louis Business Journal (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Pharmacists are urging pharmacy benefits managers, including Express Scripts Inc., to cut what they call unnecessary red tape for providing liquid Tamiflu to customers, particularly children, during this busy H1N1 flu season.

D.I.Y. Tamiflu for Kids: Pharmacists Cope With Shortage

ABC News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Health officials urge pharmacists, and even parents, to take special measures.

Ukraine Virus Mystery Deepens

Connecting the Dots in the New World Order (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Ukraine is in a state of hysteria as a mystery flu epidemic grips the country in the run-up to presidential elections. Schools have been closed and there is a ban on public gatherings. The situation is so bad, the mayor of Kiev is even planning to have the Champions League football match between Dynamo Kiev and Italian side Inter-Milan played behind closed doors on Wednesday evening. At the very least...

• Ukraine virus mystery deepens - What Really happened

Dutch Officials Report First Swine Flu Patient Resistant to Tamiflu

The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Amsterdam, Netherlands (AHN) – Dutch health authorities are reporting the first case of a swine flu-infected patient resistant to the anti-viral drug Tamiflu. Currently the patient remains hospitalized. The Royal Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM, which is currently spearheading his recovery efforts and conducting tests, has declined to identify the hospital or release [...]...

WATCH: Tamiflu Supplies Low Due to Monopoly

ABC News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

A company has a monopoly on producing a drug that protects children from H1N1.

Placing the blame where it is due; H1N1 VACCINE KILLS!!! At least these people KNOW that the Vatican is behind it all; how come YOU are being fooled?

ISRAEL TRUTH TIMES (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

The Mask Slips, for Those with Eyes to See: Preparing for the Real Pandemic - September 20, 2009 by Kevin D. Annett, M.A., M.Div. Last week, many of the aboriginal people in the remote west coast village of Ahousaht were innoculated with the tamiflu vaccine . * ( error! DS )Today, over a hundred of them are sick, and the sickness is spreading. In the same week, body bags were sent to similarly remote...

Drawing the Wrong Conclusion from Statistics

Anchor Rising (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

Just a minor observation based on the story in ProJo about Tamiflu, which states:A recent check of prescribing data from pharmacies around the state found that 15 percent of Tamiflu prescriptions were filled five days after they were written. That...

Tips for Preventing Swine Flu Naturally

http://www.wisebread.com/feed (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

By Debbie Dragon It is impossible to avoid coming into contact with the Swine Flu (H1N1), or any other strain of flu for that matter. Because it can take three days before germs entering your body proliferate and become the actual illness, often times people are out in public without any known symptoms, yet they are still carrying and spreading the infection. While you are healthy and not showing...