The virus currently causing bird flu in humans appears to be developing resistance to the only drug that can so far combat the infection.

Oxford University researchers report two cases of patients in Vietnam who died after failing to respond to treatment with the drug Tamiflu.

Details are published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The H5N1 variant of the bird flu virus has so far killed 71 people in south east Asia.

BBC News

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