One infectious disease expert says it could be an Achilles' heel someday: New York's plan for fighting bird flu, if it begins spreading among people, largely depends on one drug developed in the 1990s.
A newer antiviral drug is now available, but the state has not stored a single dose of it in case there's an emergency.
The bird flu outbreak has spread through dairy cows in the United States over the past few months. Federal officials have repeatedly said that the risk to the general public is low, but some infectious disease experts are worried.
Why are some public health experts worried that New York State has only Tamiflu on hand to counter a large outbreak of bird flu?
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