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WHO says Tamiflu still works against swine flu

GENEVA – The World Health Organization says isolated cases of drug-resistant swine flu in Britain and the United States have not changed the agency’s assessment of the disease. It says Tamiflu remains highly effective against the vast majority of H1N1 cases. Four cancer patients in a North Carolina hospital tested positive last week for a type of [...]

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Another Swine Flu Vaccine Approved for Children

CSL Limited’s H1N1 influenza vaccine has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to include children 6 months and older, the agency said. Previously, the shot had been approved only for adults. The vaccine is subject to the same manufacturing and testing oversight as seasonal flu vaccines, the agency said in a news release. [...]

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