Flu Virus Resistant to 2 Drugs, CDC Says (AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060115/ap_on_he_me/flu_drugs_resistance"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060114/capt.gajb10101142144.flu_drug_resistance_gajb101.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=.lHWys_2EFB03fIsOqEPgg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Julie Gerberding holds a copy of an advisory sent out by the CDC recomending two flu drugs, rimantadine and amantadine, not be used during the current flu season during a news conference in Atlanta, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006. Gerberding said laboratory testing by CDC on the predominant strain of influenza (H3N2) currently circulating in the United States shows that it is resistant to the two drugs. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)" border="0" /></a>AP - The government, for the first time, is urging doctors not to prescribe two antiviral drugs commonly used to fight influenza after discovering that the predominant strain of the virus has built up high levels of resistance to them at alarming speed.</p><br clear=all>