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Regarding Tamiflu, Doctors and Patients Face a Question of When to Act

Nov. 6, 2009
There has been some confusion among doctors about whether to prescribe the antiviral drug Tamiflu for less severe cases.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler