Flu-stricken Texas teacher's death puts focus on antivirals

 

February 15, 2018



DALLAS (AP) — A Texas elementary school teacher who died almost a week after getting sick from the flu became a talking point online after her husband said she didn't immediately fill her prescription for an antiviral drug after deeming the $116 insurance co-pay too high.

While her husband told the Wall Street Journal that he picked up the prescription the day after she refused it and she then started taking the medication, Heather Holland, 38, died three days later on Feb. 4.

Doctors told The Associated Press that while it's ideal to start taking antiviral medication as quickly as possible, i...



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