Children should not be given the anti-viral drug Tamiflu to combat swine flu, Oxford University researchers have said. They urged the United Kingdom Department of Health to urgently rethink its ...

Background: Influenza causes proportionately more hospitalizations and deaths in infants in their first year of life than in older children. Oseltamivir is an effective treatment for childhood ...

The prescribing of antiviral drugs for US children and adolescents receiving treatment for influenza was less than 60% in the ...

The safety of Tamiflu, the anti-flu drug, has been questioned for the second time in a week following reports that it has been linked to the deaths of 12 children in Japan . The drug is being ...

Oseltamivir is an effective and well-tolerated antiviral that is widely approved for the treatment and prophylaxis of influenza in children 1 to 12 years. Experience in infants <1 year is more ...