Sunday August 23rd 2009, 10:00 am
Indiscriminate use of antiviral medications to prevent and treat influenza could ease the way for drug-resistant strains of the virus to emerge, public health officials warn -- making the fight against a pandemic that much harder.
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Overuse of antivirals could make H1N1 pandemic even worse.
Super flu fear as swine strain moves to birds.
Sunday August 23rd 2009, 10:00 am
Two Chilean poultry farms are under quarantine after swine flu was detected in turkeys, the first case of the virus being found in birds, the nation's health ministry and US health officials said yesterday.
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