12 Japanese children die after taking Tamiflu
Snip: In a report posted online, the US Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that 12 children had died in Japan from causes including heart attack, suicide, pneumonia and acute pancreatitis. Four had suffered a "sudden death", which was "an unusual phenomenon in otherwise healthy children". All had taken Tamiflu.
Jihad computer whiz to be extradited
Snip: A computer expert from South London who is wanted in America for running a cluster of websites that allegedly supported terrorism and attacks on US servicemen is to be extradited, Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, has decided.
Documentary reveals London bomber's westernized youth
Snip: Rob Cardiss, a school friend, told last night's radio documentary Biography of a Bomber that Khan "seemed to have more white friends than Asian friends [and] ... used to hang around with white lads playing football."
Mr Cardiss said: "He was very English. Some of the other Pakistani guys used to talk about Muslim suffering around the world but with Sidique you'd never really know what religion he was from."
Islamic Society of Boston claims media conspiracy link to terrorists
Snip: They started out as two fairly typical libel suits against two Boston News outlets. But the sweeping litigation just filed by the Islamic Society of Boston (ISB) against the Boston Herald, Channel 25, and some activists is shaping up to be a nasty confrontation that could spill beyond the media universe to pit portions of the local Jewish and Muslim communities against each other, open deep social and ideological wounds, and generate international headlines.
I've been reading some very negative reports about Tamiflu.
Scary.
For years, we have been feeding the wild turkeys around our house. No longer. I'm afraid a sick one might show up here.
If the Avian flu becomes a problem around here, we shall just bunker down. Like AppalachianDweller, we have enough resources to do so.
Oh boy, going after Steve Emerson.
That report on the Tamiflu deaths was disconcerting. I also heard somewhere in the news that the suicides were weird like running in front of a truck and jumping from a building. It does seem that drugs sometimes affect children differently than adults. Pancreatitis seems really odd to me.
"12 Japanese children die after taking Tamiflu
Snip: In a report posted online, the US Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that 12 children had died in Japan from causes including heart attack, suicide, pneumonia and acute pancreatitis. Four had suffered a "sudden death", which was "an unusual phenomenon in otherwise healthy children". All had taken Tamiflu.
About the pediatric tamiflu deaths in Japan:
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/tamiflu/QA20051117.htm