WHO recommends dual therapy for avian flu

The World Health Organization has suggested a dual-therapy approach to certain cases of avian flu that combines Tamiflu with one of the older antiviral drugs on the market: amantadine and rimantadin. Researchers say that the dual therapy could prevent the virus from replicating.

- here's the AP report [1] for more on the dual therapy

ALSO: The director general of the World Health Organization, Dr. Lee Jong Wook, died this morning after emergency surgery for a blood clot. Report [2]