Word: tamiflu
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...What they have in common is that each victim took the influenza antiviral Tamiflu shortly before they died. According to the Japanese Health Ministry, 54 people have died after taking Tamiflu - the drug governments around the world have stockpiled for use against avian flu - since the drug was approved for use in Japan in 2000. Most suspiciously, in multiple cases people, including those cases above, acted erratically after taking Tamiflu. Though the Health Ministry has said there is no clear evidence linking Tamiflu to the deaths, there is growing concern among doctors and parents in Japan over the drug...
...seem to have spread outside the family. The 32-year-old man ran away from doctors after falling ill, and passed though four neighboring villages before he was apprehended, coming into contact with 33 people. All of them are currently under observation and being given the antiviral drug Tamiflu as a prophylactic, but none have shown signs of infection. Scientists have genetically sequenced two viruses isolated from the cluster and found no evidence of the kinds of significant mutations that would likely be necessary before the virus could pass easily from person to person. "The virus looks pretty much...
...county's office of emergency management, really worried is the threat of a pandemic flu. "We expect to need 57,000 hospital beds," says Holdeman of a worst-case scenario. "We have 3,500. There's not enough ventilators, there's no vaccine, there's not enough Tamiflu...
Countries around the world have been stockpiling the antiviral drug Tamiflu in preparation for a possible avian-flu pandemic. But a review published in the journal Lancet last week cast doubt on the drug?s effectiveness. Researchers in Rome analyzed existing studies and concluded there is no ?credible evidence? that Tamiflu works against bird flu. While acknowledging that the drug has considerable limitations?to be effective, it must be administered soon after flu symptoms appear?the World Health Organization questioned the review?s conclusions, and said it won?t change its recommendation that governments keep stocking up on the drug...
...things" that is required. Scientists are intrigued, however, by the cases of two young brothers hospitalized at the Kecioren Hospital in Ankara. They tested positive for the h5n1 virus after exposure to sick chickens, but have not shown symptoms of the disease. Nevertheless, they are now being treated with Tamiflu, one of the antiviral drugs with some capacity to fight avian flu. The who's Rodier thinks that the boys' parents probably became suspicious about possible exposure to the virus before the disease could take hold, and whisked the boys to hospital. Such vigilance may hold the key to survival...