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Yet again all three newscasts filed a feature on the swine strain outbreak of H1N1 influenza. CBS' Eye on Health tied the 'flu to healthcare reform. Mark Strassmann followed up on the two children whose lives had been saved by the intensive care unit of Children's Hospital in Oklahoma City. He introduced us to their fight for life last month; he updated us three weeks ago; and he told us about one death and one homecoming on Wednesday. Now the bills arrive: $1.2m to Medicaid; $900K to an insurance company. "A child who once had severe 'flu might have trouble getting health insurance ever again."
ABC's in-house physician Richard Besser traveled to Philadelphia for A Closer Look at a crowded pediatric hospital emergency room and Robert Bazell on NBC told us about a shortage of the children's syrup-based version of Tamiflu, the antiviral medication. The capsule medicine and the syrup have to mixed by hand. "The FDA today posted the Tamiflu compounding formula on its Website for pharmacists."
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