Canada’s questionable Tamiflu stockpile
With more evidence showing Tamiflu isn’t as effective as once believed, why is Canada stockpiling it?
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Julia Belluz
Julia Belluz is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist covering health care and policy. A Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, she writes the blog/column ‘Science-ish’ for Maclean’s and the Medical Post about the evidence behind the health headlines.
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