Swine flu is sickening so many children, some of them fatally, that federal officials on Friday released the last of the national stockpile of children's Tamiflu.
Nineteen children died of swine flu in the week ending Oct. 24, bringing the total to 114 since the beginning of the pandemic in April, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The government released the last 234,000 doses of liquid Tamiflu for children on Friday.
It has ordered more from Roche, its Swiss manufacturer, but that is not expected to arrive before January, a CDC official said.
In the meantime, federal officials are encouraging pharmacies to empty powder from adult capsules and dilute it with syrup into children's doses.
Nineteen children died of swine flu in the week ending Oct. 24, bringing the total to 114 since the beginning of the pandemic in April, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The government released the last 234,000 doses of liquid Tamiflu for children on Friday.
It has ordered more from Roche, its Swiss manufacturer, but that is not expected to arrive before January, a CDC official said.
In the meantime, federal officials are encouraging pharmacies to empty powder from adult capsules and dilute it with syrup into children's doses.
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