Swine flu resistant to Roche Holding AG’s antiviral drug Tamiflu has been detected in at least three world regions, raising concern the pandemic virus is developing immunity to the medicine, health officials said.
The drug-resistant cases “need to be watched,” though recommended use of Tamiflu hasn’t changed, said Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers [...]
July 14, 2009
Tamiflu-Resistant Flu Found In Three World Regions
Filed under Barbados, Environment, HEALTH, Healthcare, News, Science & Nature, Travel
Tags: avian flu, H1N1, Influenza A, pandemic, Relenza, swine flu, Tamiflu, WHO
July 14, 2009
Standford Investors Sue Antiguan Government
A group of R. Allen Stanford-run business investors sued the government of Antigua and Barbuda, claiming the Caribbean nation helped the financier engineer an alleged $7 billion fraud scheme.
In a lawsuit filed today in a U.S. Court in Houston, seven investors say the island government received money in exchange for helping the financier conceal [...]


