The lead medication being prescribed is Xofluza. According to Doctor Lindsey Clark with the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Xofluza is a common medication prescribed to treat the flu.

“This could be a breakthrough in the way that we treat influenza.” Data from the drugmaker, Shionogi, show that while Xofluza works days faster than Tamiflu in stopping the flu virus, symptoms wrap up ...

Roughly a quarter of 38 viral samples from people treated with Xofluza had mutations in their genomes that made the pathogens less susceptible to the drug. Kerry served as The Scientist’s news ...