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New US bird flu plan suggests more drug stockpiles

Posted on June 04, 2008

Via Reuters: New US bird flu plan suggests more drug stockpiles Reuters href= http://www.reuters.com/article/africaCrisis/idUSN04253571 New US bird flu plan suggests more drug stockpiles. Excerpt: New U.S. government pandemic guidelines propose stockpiling millions more doses of the antiviral drug Tamiflu to help protect people from infection, and recommend that each household store protective masks. For the first time they propose using the drugs Tamiflu and Relenza to prevent infection, and give guidelines to businesses that may want to buy the drugs in advance to treat or protect emp...

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