tamiflu is flying off the shelves. what parents should know before giving children even one dose. >>> coming to a school near you. baltimore will see city cameras. what school zone you won't want to be caught in. >>> i'm ran mots. -- ron matz. celebrities, authors and a whole lot more. time for the baltimore book >>> it is 5:29. 70 degrees. and mostly sunny. good evening. thanks for staying with eyewitness news. and here's some of the stories people are talking about tonight. baltimore breaks out the speed cameras. the city is ready to activate its first school zone speed cameras, when they become legal october 1st. political reporter pat warren notes it is a chosen high speed zone. >> reporter: the traffic on walter avenue, versus the kids on the street. >> it's messed up. >> eric jordan knows the negative argument. but that's nothing compared to the negative of prying loose a girl pinned to a pole by a speeding car outside glen mount elementary and middle school. >> it's a very scary and trying experience. it was som

coming up, what parents should know before giving their children tamiflu. that story is coming up. >>> the losing streak kept going today. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsberg returned to work after an overnight hospital stay. she checked in to the washington hospital center yesterday after feeling faint in her chambers she was treat for anemia. she underwent surgery for cancer in february. >>> former montgomery couldn't -- four montgomery county students have contracted mrsa since the beginning of the year. the school is reporting cases including northwest, walter johnson and walt whitman high school. all four students are athletes. the principals say they were treated and the locker rooms and classrooms were immediately sanitized. >>> the flu season is ramping up across the country and in some areas pharmacies are reporting a shortage of tamiflu. we have more on that and a public health alert from the federal government. >> the food and drug administration is warning about possible errors when it comes to doses of liquid tamiflu. most prescriptions a

tamiflu.anuel gallegus has more in tonight's flu watch report. >> reporter: the food and drug administration is warning about possible errors when it comes to doses of liquid tamiflu. both prescriptions are usually if teaspoons. but tamiflu is dosed in milligrams. >> so parents, if their child is prescribed tamiflu by a pediatrician, need to double- and triple check the amount they are giving their child with the pharmacist and if possible, the pediatrician to make sure it's the right dose. >> reporter: in some areas, pharmacies are hitting low. the makers are now advising pharmacies how to grind up the adult version to produce a liquid form for children. >> i will stay later and make up a couple more pint bottles. so people can come in and get it and not have to wait for us to make it at that time. >> reporter: the drug maker confirms there is a shortage of the version. but says it is shifting its focus on pills, which are made easier. >> reporter: tamiflu is the most prescribed. the world he

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its tamiflu royalties are on a sliding scale. the more of the drug that gets sold, the higher the royalties. sought first 200 million of sales, that's 14% gilead gets, it gets 22% of everything once tamiflu sales break through the 400 million mark. in 2007 tamiflu made it up to 17% of gilead's operating product kurt zif avian flu. last year it was just 5%. given that this is another strong flu year with swine flu coming on strong and we're stockpiling tamiflu left and right, i really think it has the power to move the numbers and thus more gilead's stock, which again has flat-lined much higher. here's the bottom line. i don't want you gambling on the president's nfl-like health care strategy. it's too hard. the line's all figured out. he's going for the field goal. instead of the gambling on a field goal, invest in whatever has a chance of beating swine flu. which means invest in gilead. let's take calls. let's go to poliz in kentucky. >> caller: hi, jim. a bluegrass boo-yah to you. >> well, man, i just like that kind of regional

and the patents on tamiflu go out to about 2018. but i do believe, hopefully, we've got all of the governments of the world ready long before that. it's rather an extraordinary burst of business rather than something that is long-term sustainability. >> bill, we're also trying to figure out how much further we have to go in the recession or whether or not the worst is behind us. in your global view, where are we in the recovery story? >> i think in recovery from this -- shall we say the problems of the financial community. what i'm seeing so far is that health care have been relatively untouched. and that's because really cancer, hepatitis, transplantations are no respe respecters for world crisis. and i do believe there's been remarkably little impact. that doesn't mean that at some point governments are going to have to say how do we pay for bailing out the banks or handling the car industry. but at the moment for health care, we seem to be less cyclical in our nature to the financial crisis and other sectors of industry. >> bill,

it is the liquid version of tamiflu. now, it still comes in pills for adults and the company says it has plenty of that. right now it is actually recommending pharmacies grind up the pills to make up smaller doses for children until more liquid tamiflu can be made. >>> big concern at schools swine flu. a big concern at this school just explain swine. it is an elementary school in north carolina. the piggies showed up on the playground on monday and they have taken the place over. every time they call the cops the pigs, and no puns intended, they managed to save the bacon by making a run for it. >> could you get one more pig pun in there? >> i could make a joke about bacon for breakfast but i'll let it go. >> wild pigs can be mean. whole pack of them. >>> also, teens taking naked pictures of themselves with their cell phones. >> from mid-thigh up. >> naked? >> students take us into the underground world of sexting. still ahead. there's nothing more important than our health. so when it comes to health reform, we need a so

we're talking about children's tamiflu. which is different from adult it tamiflu? >> thaerg.ldren's form is a different dosage and strength and it also usually comes in liquid or suspension form. because off you off cussly it's easier for children to that that versus a pill. >> so what is this shortage of children's tamiflu mean if a kid who night need treatment? >> we have to be clear, about about your doctor prescribes tamiflu for your child, most likely you will be able to get it in either the liquid or the pill form, however, in areas of the country like the southeast where we're seeing very high numbers of cases, we are seeing relative shortages and just earlier this month, the swiss drug maker who makes tam flu announced that it's shifting its production focus to include more focus on the pills which are faster an easier to make versus the liquid. so there might be a relative shortage of the liquid form. >> but we've seen h1n1 most pre-dom nabtsly in kids, so what if it they do run out? is there an option? >> there are a couple. number one, the pill form can be compound

. >>> there's a public hemet alert about liquid tamiflu for children. u.s. health official say parents should give -- could give the children the wrong dose if they don't read enstruck carefully because the instructions don't mast measurement reqierpts on the syringe included with tamiflu. >>> check in with "eyewitness news" today at four, five and six. newly released letters written by the woman charged in the elizabeth smart kidnapping where she claims she and elizabeth were victims. >>> and embryo error. the unthinkable happens to two couples in atlanta. is the problem more far- reaching than originally thought? join us for these stories and break news today at 4 after dr. phil. and stay with us the five-day forecast is coming up. Ñ?Ñ?Ñ? from 60 for the remainder of the week. overnight lows chilly your old aging bones it's going to be colder before the weatherman does back inside. >> it was a big weekend for her. a big birthday weekend. >> feeling younger every day. >> that's right. >> reminder to tune into the cbs prime time lineup at 10 a end sewed of c

. >> they started tamiflu right then? >> no. >> no, they did not. because what they said was that by cdc guidelines that to -- to prevent resistance from building up that if a child was healthy and had no underlying health conditions, which chloe did not, she was very healthy that they were asking doctors to not prescribe the tamiflu so as not to build up the resistance. >> at what point did she finally take the tamiflu? >> when she was in the hospital on sunday. when she was in critical condition because she couldn't breathe anymore because she had developed pneumonia. because on saturday she had started to breathe very shallowly and her heart rate started to race. and we called the doctors and we just -- we thought that perhaps she was dehydrated because her throat hurt so bad that she couldn't drink or eat anything. but it wasn't until she got to the hospital and they got her into the icu that she started to receive the tamiflu. but by that time it wasn't enough, her little body couldn't fight it anymore. >> all right. tom, tammy, thank you so mu

. >> just days after being denied tam flue a -- tamiflu a young girl in texas died from what appeared to be the flu. her parents say it started as a fever. it was confirmed she had the flu, maybe the swine flu, but doctors sent her home without tamiflu since the cdc advises not to give it to normally healthy fever. chloe osbourn got worse. she was told to be watched. by sunday she was in the hospital and died a short time later. >> i was scared for them to put her to sleep. i was afraid -- ( indiscernible ) ---- and she didn't. they just kept telling me it would get better but it didn't. and i wish now that i might have listened to my instincts a little bit better. >> reporter: some doctors say there are red flags parents should look for like high fever, difficulty breathing and not being alert. those red flags mean you should get to the hospital no matter what anyone says. >>> the state of maryland announced today they can begin ordering the vaccine for the h1n1 flu. there are five target populations to receive the vaccine right away. pregnant women, children from six months up to yo

her mother took her to the doctor and was sent home without the medication tamiflu. she was told the cdc advised doctors not to give tamiflu to people who were otherwise normally healthy. >> and i was scared for them to put her to sleep because i was afraid she would not wake up, and she didn't. >> the school district where chloe was in middle school is sanitizing all of the classrooms and lockers. >>> some schools in colorado are shutting their doors for the week over flu concerns. a middle school in colorado city has about 40% of its students out sick with flu-like symptoms. about half of the children in a pre-school class and elementary school were also absent with similar symptoms. >> i knew that it was coming, and i knew that something was going to happen but i didn't expect it to happen this big. >> in huntsville, texas a number of students and staff are sick throughout the school district. all schools there will be closed until they can be thoroughly cleaned. >>> maryland health experts clarify that you need to know about the swine flu. the first shipment of t

. >> tamiflu is -- they are running out of supplies of tamiflu. officials say adult-strength pills are in a good supply. >>> 5:48 on this thursday morning. is muggy and sticky out there, 70 degrees. >> feels more like a july morning. you are feeling it firsthand, adam caskey. >> i woke up this morning and checked my home weather station and the dew point was 70. 70 degrees even. that tells me it is another muggy day as anticipated. there are some changes coming down the pike. it did rain a little bit last night. let's look at some of the impressive rainfall totals. right now, temperatures mainly in the upper 60's and 70's. look at the cold front. it will allow us to turn our air conditioner off again by tomorrow. it will bring in drier air late today and cause some big changes over the next couple of days. let's go to brian in the studio. >> we do have a shot of refreshen air for tomorrow. next week, but we could have more fall-like weather to the metro area. the front is swinging through. it will be muggy out there. you'll be able to feel it in t

important to say that many seasonal influenza viruses are susceptible to tamiflu. the just the seasonal h1n1 viruses that were circulating the past few years that had developed the tamiflu resistance. we haven't been seeing the seasonal h1n1 viruses in the southern hemisphere and we don't know whether there will be a problem here in the northern hemisphere going through the fall and winter. so a key message for clinicians right now is that we believe that tamiflu will be first great line treatment. we do think diagnosic testing for hospitalized patients is helpful and we recommend that. but we think that for the seasonal h3n2's, and the 2009 h1n1's, that the it tamiflu would be fine first line drug. now we have a question from the room. >> i remembered it. if you think that you have the flu this summer, if you're pretty certain you have the flu this spring or summer, do you have any cross protection or are you ok going into the fall? do you still need the flu vaccine when it becomes available? >> this is such a common question that we have and the a really importan

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important to say that many seasonal influenza viruses are susceptible to tamiflu.ouston viruses that were circulating the past few yearses that developed the tamiflu resistance. between vice president been seeing the seasonal h1n1 viruses. we don't know if they will be during the fall and winter. a key message for clinicians now is we believe that the tamiflu or relen zsa will be great first-line treatment. we do think diagnostic testing for hospitalized patients is helpful and we recommend that. but we think that for the seasonal bs -- sorry. 2s and the 2009 h1n1 tamiflu and rel relenza would be fine. >> i remember. if you think that you have the flu this summer, if you are certain you have the flu this spring or summer, do you have any cross-protection? are you okay going into the do you need the vaccination when this becomes available? >> this is a common question that we have and this is very important, and i wished i had a better answer. if you are in the recommended group, you still need this going forward, and if you in the recommended group you need the sea

. >>> anti-viral drugs who federal health officials say could not get tamiflu and ruenza to treat thelu. >>> disturbing. why a mother says she hid her son from his father. and now what's happening to the boy. >>> we'll get your updated forecast. >>> in today's eyewitness news healthwatch, a vaccine used to prevent cervical cancer in girls may now be used to private genital warts in boys. merck is now presenting findings in hopes of getting gardasil approved if for boys. in a study, it helped reduce genital lesions. >>> also in healthwatch today, federal health officials make a big change to the guidelines for patients with swine flu. they say most people should not take any medicine. but if you fell within a certain group, you need to go to the hospital right away. dr. jon lapook reports now with the latest. >> reporter: the centers for disease control said most people who come down with the 2009 h1n1 flu virus should just ride it out and not take anti- viral medications like tamiflu and rulensa. >> for the majority of adults and children can be cured for with mom's chicken soup at ho

health officials issued a public health alert about liquid tamiflu for children. they say parents could give kid the wrong dose to treat the h1n1 flu because the doings doesn't always match the syringe included with the drug. one may be in teaspoons and the other in milligrams. the warning urges doctors and pharmacists to be on the lookout for the potential mismatch. >>> time for a special living smart report and jessica doyle is here with a local class teaching the ins and outs of facebook. where do i sign up? when facebook first started you had to be a college student to sign up. today a different story. 300million people want in including baby boomers and a local teacher is making money by teaching facebook. >> you want to go to www.facebook.com. >> reporter: the world of continuing education you might be surprised to see facebook for boomers under the list of offerings, but in this local classroom every seat is taken. >> i had it for family and photos and would like to use it as a fund-raising tool. i'd like to know about the security aspect of it before i sig

the experimental drug is being shown to work as effectively as the well-established tamiflu in clinicals. scientists gave it intraveen nous use. and they should that flu medicine is crucial in saving patient's lives, not just shortening the length of the flu. >>> a man remains in critical condition tonight. investigators say he was shot after trying to break into a cae pc.e hpeiccer. enihi t ms morningor ho ic nstrla stee in maryland. police sayt shotse weroftyduf-o spotted a cri in progress. darcy has been following the story and is live at the scene with more. hey, darcy. >> reporter: the police are still conducting the investigation. from what we understand from police sources, apparently there was a d.c. police officer who apparently lives in this area and he did notice at about 5:30 this morning, someone tampering with his personal vehicle. we don't know exactly what happened but we know that he did fire shots and that that suspect was wounded. we don't know if there was a confrontation leading up to the shooting but this is what the city police are saying. officer did fire shots a

de su hija de 14 años al parecer por la gripe mortal, y por no ser de alto riesgo no le recetaron tamiflucuna no inmuniza contra la influenza de temporada, y hay varios mitos respecto a la vacuna, y uno es si infectará, no, son virus de cepas muertas, y todas las personas quetengan 6 meses y 6 años y todas las personas que trabajan en salud. se piensa que los beneficios son muchos mayores que los riesgos. esto es todo desde los Ángeles, regresamos al estudio. >>> y de esa manera nos vamos a la pausa, y más adelante las llamas deboraron una casa. y un payaso multimillonario viabaja al espacio. ndfoh÷ápr imn ♪(música) >>> fútbol y más fútbol. cómo estás? >>> bien. > >>> hace mucho que no nos veíamos. >>> un gusto saludarles, y ya sabe, ciudadanos de la republico, y le voy a decir quép equipo está tras los pasos de vela. y lo voy a dejar con la liga de campeones concacaf. ahí va. >>> en el estadio azul la maquina se dio un tiro, y en el segundo tiempo hay centro y villa metió el 2 a 0. con este resultado calificó a los cuartos de final. también el columbus invitó a cenar al saprissa. y aquí

. >> larry: do you agree that everyone, if they can afford it, should have tamiflu handy? >> no, i'm not so sure of that. >> larry: no? >> first of all, indiscriminate use of tamiflu has resulted in increasing resistance of the swine flu to it. i think that should be held in reserve for cases of people who really need it. i think you should know how to get it or have a plan for how to get it if you need it. you've got 72 hours or so in which to take it. i wouldn't put all my eggs in that basket. >> larry: then do you have any grave concerns about it? >> i think we'll have to wait and see. the cdc is putting out updated bulletins on the swine flu very regularly. you can access these on the internet. i think we should pay attention to what's happening. for the moment, i'm cautiously optimistic that it's not going to be that terrible. >> larry: this is a classic example of a government responsibility? >> absolutely. and this is where, you know, public health is one of the areas that the government is responsible for, has a very good track record on. and i think that this will

the cdc only recommends tamiflu for children under 5. otherwise they call for rest and food. >>> and california man accused of kidnapping a girl and holding her captive for 18 years will have to come up with $30 million if he wants to make bail. philip garrido -- sat quietly. police are looking at whether he and his wife can be linked to any other missing children. police are searching their properties and have now seized a computer and video tapes. >>> vice-president joe biden is in iraq on a surprise visit. this is his third trip to iraq this year. he will meet with iraqi leaders in baghdad and kurdish region as well. the white house says it highlights the administration's ongoing commitment to the war. >>> but this afternoon president obama is headed to pittsburgh to assure blue-collar workers the economy is on track. he spent the morning in ohio targeting workers there he says are benefiting from government programs and the economic stimulus. he met with workers from a general motors plant who were able to start a second production l

>> well, gilead invented tamiflu, if you will. and it kept a royalty from roche. so it sold it to roche, roche pays it a royalty on sales. definite up side there. >> we're going to leave it there. that's your biotech trade for the fourth quarter. final trade right after this. >>> time now for the "final trade." j.t. >> i like frontier oil. >> guy. >> you know, vertech made some interesting comments after the bell. vrtx. >> karen. >> stock of the day, i'll go with it. bank of america. long. >> teef. >> disney. my daughter emily loves miley cyrus. >> and again the news of the hour, ceo ken lewis of bank of america is stepping down at the end of the year. stay tuned to cnbc throughout the night and we'll bring you the latest developments. i'm melissa lee. thank you so much for watching. see you back here tomorrow 5:00 p.m. eastern time for more "fast money" on cnbc. we're first in business worldwide. >> announcer: tomorrow, guy's charged up with a buy and hold play. terranova's burning energy for slow money. and facing q4. will it be another green season? the charts

researchers say that an experimental drug works just as well as tamiflu when trying to clear up flu symptoms. it was tested in asia and given in a single intravenous dose. >>> in other news calls for representative joe wilson to apologize to congress for an outburst to congress. >> i am not going to apologize again. my view is that the apology to the president, to the white house, his acceptance, the vice president's acceptance, people know my civility. they know that this was a one- time event, and it was out of frustration. >> white house press secretary robert gibbs also made the rounds and was asked about it. >> i'll let the house figure out how to deal with. that i think what's important, and the president has said this throughout the campaign and his time in washington. we ought to have debates. we ought to have passionate debates. but i think what we have to understand is, how can we disagree without being personally disagreeable to each other. >> i'm trying to get back to the issue. there are some new developments in the debate on healthcare reform. according to the head of the senat

health officials have issued a public health alert about liquid tamiflu for kids. they say parents could give their children the wrong dose to treat the h1n1 flu because the dosing instructions don't always match the measurement markings on the syringe included with the drug. they may be in teaspoons while the syringe markings are in milligrams. doctors are urged to look out for the mismatch. >>> one of the first lines of defense against any h1n1 flu outbreak will be our health care facilities. joining me with more on hospital's perspective is tracey truman with faulkier health. good morning. how are you? >> good. thank you. >> reporter: how prepared are the hospital systems especially in northern virginia for h1n1. >> very prepared. we have been planning for pandemic influenza for years now. this has not caught us off guard. we have been stockpiling caches of supplies and equipment. we are fully repaired to meet the challenge of our community. >> reporter: when you say you have been preparing for this, we were talking a couple of years about avian flu and that wou

. >>> also, pharmacies are running out of the children's version of tamiflu. that drug is continued -- is considered the first line of defense. adult-strength bills are in good supply. pharmacies may have to grind them up into smaller doses. >>> massachusetts governor patrick the ball maine -- named -- duval named paul kirk as a replacement for senator ted kennedy's seat. he has been a registered lobbyist for pharmaceutical companies. a call >>> romance faces two charges in connection with a terror investigation -- a colorado man faces two charges in connection with a terror investigation. he has been indicted on a charge of conspiring to detonate bombs in the u.s. his father is expected to be released on bond today. he heads to court on a charge of lying to investigators. >>> the fbi is looking into whether a u.s. census worker was the victim of anti-government extra mess. the body of this man was found september 12 hanging from a tree near a cemetery in southeastern kentucky. the word "fed" was scrawled across his chest. he was a part-time census taker and t

the maker of tamiflu today said there is a shortage of the children's version of the drug, used to treat both the h1n1 swine flu and the seasonal flu. not good news when the number of cases among young people is soaring. abc's ryan owens is in austin, texas, tonight, a city where extraordinary measures are being taken to deal with that. >> reporter: two triage tents -- the kind you'd usually see at a disaster or at war -- sit outside the doors of the emergency room at dell children's hospital in austin. >> this is the flu treatment tent. >> reporter: with school back in session, doctor ares here are seeing more than 300 suspected swine flu cases a day, double a normal flu season. the tents allow them to isolate contagious kids and get them back home quickly. >> the doctor can see you, the nurse can discharge and we can get it done in 15 minutes or so. >> reporter: this is hardly the only hospital forced to get creative this early in the flu season, especially across the south. 21 states are reporting widespread flu activity -- including the entire southeast, but experts warn its moving n

health officials say antiviral drugs like tamiflu and rue len is a, should not be used for getting sickthose should be reserved for people who are sick. the swine flu vaccine is another matter altogether. abc news new senior health and medical editor, richard besser, says everyone should get it whenever it is finally available. >> there's uncertainty in terms of when will the peak be? it could be early. it could be as early as november. and it could be later. even if the peak is as early as november, it's very likely this outbreak will continue through the winter into the spring. and that vaccination that you get, if you get it in october, november, or even january, will protect you in the spring. >> the swine flu is always affecting college students around the country. and in many places, around the south. >>> as the shuttle "discovery" heads back to earth for a scheduled landing tomorrow, a panel of space experts is raising doubts about nasa's plan to go back to the moon. five years ago, then-president bush proposed returning astronauts to the moon by 2020. but experts say at $3 billi

. >> reporter: osborne believes the anti-viral medication tamiflu might have saved his daughter, but says her doctors chose not to administer it, citing c.d.c. guidelines recommending early doses only beb gifb hospitalized patients and others including children under the age of two or those with underlying medical conditions. >> we've tried to review the science of what we know about these anti-viral medicines in the clinical circumstances and direct the medicines where they can be life saving dorr the midwest good. >> reporter: until the h1n1 vaccine is widely available later next month, health officials say the most important thing to do is what these people are doing: getting vaccinated against the regular seasonal flu now. don teague, cbs news, fort worth texas. >> smith: now the battle over health care reform. a public insurance option seems all but dead in the senate, anyway. on vote of 15-8, the finance committee defeated an amendment that called for a federally funded public option modeled on medicare. also defeated 13-10 a similar public option but with no federal funding. a

if you can get tamiflu within 24-4 hours. it will be great.reduces the length of the severity of the flu. this is the conversation that i would have already with my peed trights. you know, primary care physician so that you know that you have the tamiflu available in your local pharmacy and you have the prescription standing by just in case, especially if there are many outbreaks in your community. steve: also, hydrate and control the fever. this is something we all know about it. dr. manny, is the cut off 101 degrees? >> in children, 101, 102, you start to get worried because you get dehydration. at the end of the day one of the signs and symptoms of the flu is high fever. you want to make sure that you treat the fever, of course, and, you know, no aspirin. tie ledge or ibuprofen. check with your doctor and keep he can whiching the hydration. fluids and one of the ways to do that is also to monitor how many times the child goes to the bathroom. right? because we drink water, we have to go to the bathroom. if the child is not going to the bath

in the meantime, we have anti- marla drugs like tamiflu -- anti-viral drugs like tamiflu.i am going to take a look at you. i do not think you have the flu, but i will take a look jon: you noticed i was not here on monday. in california, there is a new search under way in the backyard of this man, philip perino. -- garrido. he is accused of holding jaycee lee dugard captive for 18 years. police are now searching for clues related to two cold cases that occurred in the 1980's we all have confidence and we all have doubt. but when the moment comes... what's going to win? here's to confidence. gillette helps you look, feel, be your best. gillette. the best a man can get. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- jane, the man who some say could hold the key to your health care is expected to lay out his version of reform. max baucus will be doing it without the support of any other members of this bipartisan group. jon: police are searching the yard of the man charged with kidnapping jaycee lee dugard. they

tests for flu and treated with tamiflu if necessary. doctors at this hospital made the decision to set up these tents last week when computer models told them their flu situation was about to get much worse. the triage takes pressure off the primary e.r., getting help faster for kids with flu symptoms. >> i think it's wonderful. they're having overflow and trying to deal with the best they can. >> reporter: how long will the tents stay? doctors aren't sure but say flu season here hasn't peaked yet. don teague, cbs news, austin. >>> joining us now from austin is pat crocker at dell children's medical center. good morning, sir. >> good morning. how are you? >> this giant influx of patients. are they real patients? or is it panic? >> no, we have seen a large number of patients. and most of them actually meet the cdc criteria for treatment and evaluation. >> how sick are they? do they by and large require hospitalization? >> well, no, and the nice thing we've learned about the swine flu virus is it seems to be a mild to moderate flu. most p

in the meantime the centers for disease control says antiviral drugs like tamiflu and relenza can be used to treat the vir. kristen dahlgren has the latest. >> reporter: the flu is spreading quick through classrooms. the vaccine is still a month away. >> it's going to be a busy and long season. we need to be prepared for the next several months and also the spring. >> reporter: the good news is the strain doesn't seem to have changed since last spring, but the cdc says it is spreading fast, starting in the southeast. this vacant dorm at emory university houses infected students while clear across the country at washington state university more than 2000 may have been infected. >> you have to be a little concerned. what can you do? they have to go to school. >> reporter: experts say there are things you can do. >> frequent washing of hands, avoiding shaking hands with people who are sick, covering your mouth when you sneeze and cough. >> reporter: seeking medical treatment is also imrtant. but the cdc isew nng o new guidelines for the use of antivirals like tamiflu, limiting them to p

. >> what is tamiflu, the nasal. >> it is actually a medication.ot everybody needs it and certain people are more at risk for severe complications from the flu and they really need the tamiflu, like pregnant women if they got it an underlying medical conditions and are very young but a healthy adult doesn't necessarily need tamiflu and you need to discuss it with your doctor. >> every doctor i talked, to and we have talked about it on fox for a long time and all said vaccinate the kids and isn't that the natural response of a doctor. >> the doctors are scientists and we follow the science and with every decision i make and every recommendation i make, i weigh the risks and benefits and the benefits way out weigh the risks. >> good deal and are celebrities lieshti are saying don't vaccinate your kids when they are born and it could cause autism and is that unfound and are celebrities perpetuating the fear. >> in lift circumstances they are and rather than base your decisions on what a celebrity mom would do, talk to a doctor who readily looked at th

health officials say medicines like tamiflu should be used to treat the virus not prevent the virus.fficials also say only people that are severely ill, or who have underlying conditions, should use it. >> that way people that really need it will have enough to go around. and we won't have as big of a risk of resistance. because resistance, we know, does develop. so we have to preserve that drug for when we really need it. >> the cdc reminds everyone to stay home if you are sick. cover your cough. and to get the vaccine as soon as it becomes available. the vaccine will be available in significant quantities by mid to late october. >> a recall for you tonight. of children's liquid tylenol. may be contaminated with bacteria. according to the company. tylenol said no bacteria was discovered in the finish product. and possibility of a serious medical event is remote. however, to find out which products are being recalled. just go to foxbaltimore.com/news links. . >> as the ravens get ready for the first divisional game. find out what john harbaugh thinks the browns do better than anyone

>> only the injectable form not the nasal mist. >> and can they take tamiflu if they get the virus?f there's a high suspicion of h1n1 or seasonal flu has started. >> let's break this down in a normal situation. regardless of the h1n1, who should go and get their flu shots now? >> the seasonal flu? >> yes. >> elderly people health care workers, anyone who has contact with a baby under the age of six months, anyone with a chronic medical condition that puts them at higher risk for complications of seasonal flu. >> is it possible -- is it possible that that normal flu vaccine will be helpful against h1n1? >> doesn't look like it. and there's no crossover between those two strains. >> so you should go get your normal vaccination under normal circumstances right now and be ready for the time when it becomes available in october. who then is on the top list of people who should get that shot? >> so the only difference harry, they removed the elderly people from the h1n1 because those people may have some immune protection against part of the virus. again we're talking about health care wo

. >>> according to federal health officials antiviral drugs such as tamiflu and relenza should only been to those at high risk for complications including the young elderly, pregnant women and people with underlying health conditions. the centers for disease control says most people probably won't need the medications at all because the seasonal flu and h1n1 remain mild for the vast majority of those who catch it. >>> under new food and drug administration guidelines all u.s. food makers will have to alert the government of potentially contaminated products within 24 hours. the rule is designed to help federal regulators spot the issues sooner. the companies must notify the fda of any problems by using a food registry mandated by congress two years ago. >>> time to say good morning to kristin fisher. she's in the web center and she has beetles on her mind. >> you know it. it is beetle mania on the web. yesterday was a big day for beetles fans. it is the p rmteon rmon google right now. and i want to you y.show you wh this is the wee cnet e and et they called september 9th a lebeecors et

>> we have used tamiflu for patients that presented very early in the course of the illness.is the key with giving the anti-virals you have to catch it extremely early. >> gregg: doctor, thanks very much. >> jamie: great information. and foxnews.com we have a special place with all the information you need. >> thank you very much. >> jamie: that is going to do it for us. america's news headquarters continues, but we're going to follow the latest developments on the college student, breaking news this hour. they'll be a news conference and that will come up for you next. lp

. >>> in the living well headlines a public health alert about liquid tamiflu for children. u.s. health officials say parents should give youngsters -- could give their youngsters the wrong dose to treat the h1n1 flu. they warn the dosing instructions don't always match the measurement markings. dosing instructions maybe in teaspoons while the syringe marking are in milligrams. >>> exercise may help prevent prostate cancer. they found men who were moderately active several hours a week were significantly less likely to be diagnosed with the disease. for those that death did develop it, exercise was associated with a lesser form of the disease. >>> now to kristin fisher in the web center. >> i have a viral video for all of you to get your monday morning started off right. now, it is part of a growing trend on-line called lip dubbing and the way it works is you or a group of people lip sync a song, film it and add in the original song. but a lip dub shows how elaborate a lip dub can get ♪ [ music ] ♪ & do it let's do it do it &&. >> you have probably heard this song before but this

some pharmacists are seeing the shortage of the flu drug tamiflu. it's one that works against the swine flu and also used to treat seasonal flu. the rug madrug maker is trying p up since the flu appeared in april t. company decided to focus on adult strength pills rather than the children's version. a spokesman says that adult pills are still in good supply and pharmacies can grind them up into smaller doses for children. >>> the makers of tylenol announced a voluntary recall of some batches of children's tylenol and infant drops. the company has not said if kids have gotten sick or how many bottles are being pulled. if you purchased one of these or have question there is is an 800 number to call. 1-800-962-5357. >>> if you suffer from seasonal allergies listen up. it's not just the pollen. dr. nancy snyderman has more on that and more in today's health news. >> reporter: many people with asthma say symptoms get worse when the weather changes and now there is proof that it's true, especially for ildren. a new report from the university of michigan s

the centers for disease control suggest that medicines such as tamiflu and relenza should be reserved patients. they also say to avoid the emergency room except for the severely ill. they may not be equipped to handle massive h1n1 outbreaks. i am lauren green. now, back to "on the record." greta: things have been tough, really tough, for many americans. it has been awhile since the country has gone into a virtual tailspin. the government seized control of fannie mae and freddie mac, and since then, all of us are using words like "bailout" and "stimulus" and "trillion" with a t. a writer for the associated press joins us. chuck, what a story this has been. who would have guessed when we first had heard of fannie mae and freddie mac that we would have been in this mess? tell us about the series that the a p is putting together? >> we are looking at the five weeks of what transformed what was a regular recession into what we are calling the great recession. it was basically the freezing of the credit markets that led to all of the panic that we saw through september and october into thos

>> i don't think people really believe how big tamiflu is going to be. we'll be stockpiling it. that will be a big boost for gilead's earnings. that being said, it's not recurring. >> were you making any implications about becky's health? >> no. i know she's watching right now. hope you're feeling better. >> next trade here, when the third quarter ends this wednesday, it may prove to be the best quarter since 1998 with so many winners to choose from. no mutual fund manager wants to be caught holding a loser. traders am spend the next couple of days piling up on hot stocks. what is known as window dressing. a phenomenon that usually occurs at the end of the quarter. grass o, you were grasso, you're on the floor. what are you seeing? >> apple, ge. everyone is focused on ge capital. now they're focused on it being an industrial. they operate in over 200 countries, not that you guys would know that. >> but with factory utilization at 68%, they've worked on the solar and wind and power generation of their business has been horrible. now they've worked down those inventories. they'll

>> yes, now tamiflu can only be taken by mouth. a lot of money to develop a drug that can be used in a vein so if someone is so sick, this will be available. it's still early. it's going to be a while. probably another year or so before that's in hospitals around the country. >> keep an eye out for that. dr. besser, thanks so much. appreciate that. >>> to find out more about how to protect yourself head to our special h1n1 vir flu section at abcnews.com. >>> behind-the-scenes with u2 coming up in our next half hour. come on back. with copd, i was short of breath, so i couldn't always do what i wanted to do. but 5 minutes ago i took symbicort and symbicort is already helping significantly improve my lung function. so today, i've noticed a significant difference in my breathing. and i'm doing more of what i want to do. so we're clear, it doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. my doctor said symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort may inc