A study in the New England Journal of Medicine warns that Tamiflu, the drug many governments and organizations are stockpiling to guard against a possible avian flu pandemic, may not work as well as some have predicted. The study, which was led by Oxford's Dr. Menno de Jong, looks at the case of two Vietnamese girls who died of the virus despite receiving the recommended dose of the antiviral. The finding also appears to throw into question suggestions that it might be possible to stretch the nation's supply of the drug to cover more of the population by lowering doses.
- see this article from USA Today
ALSO: Read this article from the NEJM, entitled, "The Run on Tamiflu: Should Physicians Prescribe on Demand?"