Virus
Obama: U.S. taking flu outbreak seriously
May 01, 2009Washington, D.C., and more than two dozen states are not adequately prepared if the outbreak of swine flu becomes a full-blown crisis, federal records indicate. But President Obama, after a cabinet meeting Friday, told reporters the government is taking...
Tamiflu called best for swine flu treatment
April 29, 2009The drug Tamiflu, made and marketed by Roche Holding AG of Switzerland, is the best treatment for the new strain of swine flu, a U.S. medical expert says. Dr. James Luby, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical...