U.S. releases medicine from national stockpile as flu cases grow - PennLive

By AMANDA SEITZ, The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden medication says it volition merchandise doses of medicine flu medicine from the Strategic National Stockpile to states arsenic flu-sickened patients proceed to flock to hospitals and doctors’ offices astir the country.

States volition beryllium capable to petition doses of the medicine flu medicine Tamiflu kept successful the Strategic National Stockpile from the national Health and Human Services department.

The medication is not releasing however galore doses volition beryllium made available.

Last week, HHS announced it would let states to dip into statewide stockpiles for Tamiflu, making millions of attraction courses available. Tamiflu tin beryllium prescribed to dainty flu successful radical implicit the property of 2 weeks old.

This flu play is coming connected the heels of a nasty spike of RSV, oregon respiratory syncytial virus, cases successful children and conscionable arsenic COVID-19 cases are climbing — again.

Spot shortages of over-the-counter symptom relievers and medicines person been reported astatine stores astir the country, peculiarly for children. HHS said it is moving with states to support in-demand medicines stocked, and cause makers similar Johnson & Johnson study accumulation lines are moving astir the clock.

CVS Health, for example, has placed a two-product bounds connected each children’s symptom alleviation products bought done its pharmacies oregon online. Walgreens is limiting customers online to six purchases of children’s over-the-counter fever reducing products.

The Food and Drug Administration has not reported a shortage of Tamiflu. However, the national bureau says the medicine antibiotic amoxicillin is successful abbreviated proviso owed to accrued demand.