Tamiflu-resistant swine flu strain found in North Carolina

Published Nov. 21, 2009 at 8:00 a.m.
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...Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of H1N1, or swine flu, that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.





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