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![Senior military health officials are warning against taking antiviral medicines to fight the H1N1 flu virus until a doctor has confirmed the diagnosis. Most patients treated at military medical treatment facilities for flu-like symptoms don't actually have the H1N1 or any other kind of flu virus, officials said.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090512064017im_/http://www.army.mil/-images/2009/05/04/36918/size2-army.mil-36918-2009-05-04-080505.jpg)
Take anti-flu drugs only after diagnosis, military doc says
Senior military health officials are warning against taking antiviral medicines to fight the H1N1 flu virus until a doctor has confirmed the diagnosis. Most patients treated at military medical treatment facilities for flu-like symptoms don't...READ MORE
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