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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it plans to convert Tamiflu capsules into liquids to help give the antiviral drug to children and the elderly, who may have trouble swallowing the capsules.
The maker of Tamiflu on Wednesday said there's a shortage of the children's version of the drug — the first-line treatment for swine flu and seasonal flu.
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche Holding AG said Monday that it has had reports of 13 cases of pandemic swine flu becoming resistant to Tamiflu, which it calls a very low percentage.
The World Health Organization said Friday that Tamiflu should only be given to particularly vulnerable people — a warning to countries like Britain where the swine flu drug is being handed out freely.
Health officials have told governments they can keep Tamiflu for longer to help fight the swine flu pandemic.
As the government warns that hundreds of outbreaks of swine flu at summer camps around the country could predict a when students return to school, advisers have set priorities for groups that should be first in line for vaccinations against the H1N1 virus.
As poor countries face a possible swine flu pandemic with only enough Tamiflu to treat a tiny fraction of their populations, some experts are calling for a simple but contentious solution: massive production of generics.
The rest of the world may be exhaling at the apparent easing of a potential swine flu pandemic, but some global experts are tempering their optimism with concerns about what one calls "the fall question."
The government says the first shipments of the drug Tamiflu from the federal stockpile arrived in New York state, New York City and Indiana Wednesday morning, and all states will get their share by Sunday.
As the World Health Organization signaled an increase of swine flu, msnbc.com readers expressed worries about travel to Mexico — where the outbreak is most severe — and other dangers from the disease.
Fears of bird flu are receding and sales of the anti-flu drug Tamiflu have slumped. Now its maker is offering a deal to U.S. employers: Pay an annual fee and reserve enough to protect every worker if a new super-flu strikes.
The most widely used flu drug in the world should carry a stronger warning label about psychiatric problems seen in a handful of patients, government advisers said Tuesday.
Government health regulators recommended adding label precautions about neurological problems seen in children who have taken flu drugs made by Roche and GlaxoSmithKline.
A less common strain of flu has shown hints of resistance to two flu drugs among patients in a small study in Japan, a country known for prescribing the drugs more frequently than anywhere else in the world.
Japan officials said the anti-flu drug Tamiflu should not be given to teenagers, after two boys aged 12 and 16 broke their legs jumping from the second floor of their houses.
A new warning label has been added to the influenza drug Tamiflu following reports of delirium and hallucinations among people – mostly children - taking the medication.
More than 100 recent cases of delirium, hallucinations and other unusual psychiatric behavior in Japanese patients treated with Tamiflu should have parents watching for similar reactions when treating their children with the flu drug.
In a flu pandemic, millions of people are expected to take the antiviral drug Tamiflu, but new research shows that ultimately much of the drug will pass through the people taking it and end up in waterways. Chances are it will then linger long enough to promote Tamiflu-resistant flu viruses in wild birds.
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NCFour North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday. The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up the biggest cluster seen so far in the U.S.
The H1N1 Pandemic Bonanza Bush Contracted for in 2005 ~ short videoThis video investigation runs eight minutes with official news conferences and contract awards. Washington has been preparing for the H1N1 Tamiflu and pharma hey day since 2005, adjuvants and all, ordered and stockpiled by the taxpayer billion half a decade ago.
The European BioWar outbreak and the censoring of it by the mainstream news media.The biggest story on the Planet today is the outbreak of a very serious Advanced Biological War virus in Europe. The second biggest story on the Planet is the suppression of this story for almost two weeks by the corporate owned mainstream news media.
Ukraine; Virus Is Mixture Of H1N1 And Parainfluenza, Causes Cardiopulmonary Failure; Indicates BioWeaponProfessor Victor Bachinsky, PhD., is a coroner in the Chernivtsi region of Ukraine. He provides evidence which indicates that parainfluenza mixed with the H1N1 virus, not pneumonic plague, has caused so much illness in Ukraine.
12 Monkeys and Swine flu: Warning shotIt is scandal he said to Spiegel, 'the health authorities have fallen for a campaign from the pharmaceutical companies, who simply want to earn money with an alleged threat'.
President Obama declared a "National Emergency" today, October 24, 2009, because of the Swine Flu, but can that declaration lead to the U.S.
Swine Flu Spread Prompts Move on Vaccine Swine flu is now widespread across the entire country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday as federal health officials released Tamiflu for children from the national stockpile and began taking orders from the states for the new swine flu vaccine.
The H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic: Manipulating the Data to Justify a Worldwide Public Health EmergencyThe spread of the disease is measured by country-level reports of confirmed and probable cases.
Half of UK's General Practioner's refuse swine flu vaccine over testing fears Up to half of family doctors do not want to be vaccinated against swine flu.
The swine flu sickies: Surprise, surprise... hotline gets more calls on Monday than any other time of the week | Mail OnlineThousands may be using the national flu line to land themselves 'swine flu sickies', it was claimed last night. Every Monday the number using the hotline or associated website to get Tamiflu is more than double that of the day before, Government figures show.
Tamiflu stroke 'risk' for some patientsThe MHRA is concerned that the drug can interact with warfarin, which is taken to thin the blood. The combination can affect the rate at which the blood clots, putting some patients at risk of uncontrolled bleeding which can lead to a stroke.
Swine Flu Virus: CDC Recommendations QuestionedSwine flu virus questions. The CDC recommends Tamiflu for prevention and treatment of swine flu, as they did with the avian flu several years ago.
Tamiflu developer: Swine flu possibly man-madeAdrian Gibbs, a scientist on the team that developed Tamiflu, has submitted a report today stating that swine flu may have been man-made. The WHO is reviewing his claim.
'Tamiflu harmful for children' - Health News - Health - AOL LivingIf everyone researched - they would have known this months ago... On a news reel - I heard a man talking outside a school where his daughter goes & he said "Well they must know what they're doing" I thought can u hear what you're saying!!! If I was unsure & it was my child I'd b …
BBC NEWS | Health | Flu infects 100,000 in past weekEngland now has a phone and internet service for people with swine flu to obtain Tamiflu, without having to go to their GP.
What's it really like to have swine flu? Two sufferers tell their stories You've seen the headlines and read the advice, but what's it really like to have swine flu? Thousands are suffering from aches, fever and nausea, but the symptoms seem to be different for each person. Here two swine flu sufferers tell their stories...
I received an email from the White House's advisor on Homeland Security John O Brennan stating that he was passing along a message from Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security, and Arne Duncan, Secretary of Educa …
Resistant Case of Swine Flu found in San Fransisco Teenexcerpt: ""A San Francisco teenager has been diagnosed with a strain of swine flu that is resistant to the common antiviral drug Tamiflu - an important milestone in the pandemic's evolution. More News Troops pour into city in China's restive west 07.08.09
Two new swine flu cases have been confirmed in Oxfordshire within the past 24 hours.
Swine Flu May Be Human Error; WHO Probes Scientist's Claim The World Health Organization is investigating a claim by an Australian researcher that the swine flu virus circling the globe may have been created as a result of human error.
Can Taking Tamiflu Unnecessarily Hurt You? (Video Report)At pediatricians' offices, parents are worried. "We wanted to make sure our young ones are safe," said Beverly Thiagarajan, a concerned parent. Doctors like Nicole Nourmand in Los Angeles said patients are asking about one thing.
Flying Pigs, Tamiflu and Factory FarmsAccording to Biosurveillance, itself part of Veratect, a US Pentagon and Government-linked epidemic reporting center, on April 6, 2009 local health officials declared a health alert due to a respiratory disease outbreak in La Gloria, Perote Municipality, Veracruz State, Mexico.
Swine flu Q & A: Is Tamiflu – or a vaccine – the answer?The influenza virus has a gene that is responsible for making a protein called neuraminidase which helps the virus to escape the cell it has just infected so it can attack another cell in the body.
Pictured: Britain's massive secret stockpile of anti-flu drug This is Britain's secret stockpile of anti-flu drugs which are being stored in preparation of a swine flu pandemic. The medicines will be kept at hundreds of 'secure sights' such as specially guarded schools and police stations
Doubts Raised About Effectiveness of TamifluWith the declaration of a worldwide swine flu pandemic near, serious questions are being raised about the effectiveness of Tamiflu, the drug widely considered the first line of defence against a deadly virus.
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