New York’s Preparations for a Bird Flu Pandemic Rely on a Single Drug
July 31, 2024

(New York Times) – New York State’s stockpile of antiviral medications for flu contains only one drug, Tamiflu, leaving no fallback plan.
New York has only one type of flu antiviral drug, Tamiflu, which might prove less effective than hoped against a pandemic strain of bird flu, some experts say. There is another antiviral that might work, even if Tamiflu doesn’t — a drug called baloxavir marboxil. (Read More)