Avian flu how safe is tamiflu? - Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate), the antiviral drug, seems to be the weapon of first choice against the avian flu. The American government has ordered...

Avian flu - The drugs don’t work - The US and the nations in the European Union have recently pledged donations of US$1.9 billion to “prevent the development of human pandemic influenza...

Avian flu: strictly for the birds - Avian flu (H5N1) is predicted to be the next pandemic, claiming up to 7.4 million lives, according to the World Health Organization. The virus was dis...

Avian flu: strictly for the birds - Avian flu (H5N1) is predicted to be the next pandemic, claiming up to 7.4 million lives, according to the World Health Organization. The virus was dis...

Avian Flu: More bad news for our greatest hope - Anyone here remember avian flu? You know, nasty disease, kills everyone. Even the UK’s very own chief medical officer of health Sir Liam Donaldson t...

Avian Flu: Cost is the key as yet another ineffectual drug is pushed - Medical researchers are a little like politicians in one major regard: they both like to keep us in a state of terror. For the politician, it’s a use...

Avian flu epidemic by hysteria - It seems extraordinary that an epidemic can be triggered purely as the result of hysteria, but this phenomenon has occurred on lots of occasions in th...

Fda fingers heart drug - The calcium blocker nifedipine used to treat high blood pressure has been singled out by the US's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for increasing th...