Wednesday, October 19, 2005

U.S. Prepares Plan to Ration Flu Drug

Read the National Public Radio story in full.

"Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt told NPR that the Bush administration is working on a plan to ration Tamiflu, a scarce drug that's currently the only medical weapon against a pandemic flu virus. If a global outbreak occurred anytime soon, the nation's limited supplies of the drug would go first to medical personnel, said Leavitt."

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