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As pandemic H1N1 sweeps through schools, communities, and countries, it is beginning to reveal its adaptability: Mutations may render drugs like Tamiflu less useful.

H1N1 vaccine is recommended for daycare/school staff, children age 6 months, pregnant women, health care workers and adults age 65 who are prone to flu complications.

Influenza A viruses are made of RNA. Human, swine and avian forms of influenza A virus strains can reassort to form novel viruses to which humans do not have immunity.

The H1N1 influenza pandemic that is spanning the globe is not unusual in human history. Influenza constantly changes its coat to evade immune defenses.

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Two medical studies reveal how H1N1 influenza pandemic viruses are evolving, and how this evolution may affect the swine flu epidemic potential in the near future.