Neuraminidase inhibitors are effective against all variants that have caused disease in humans, including the virus of the 1918 pandemic (Tumpey 2005). In human H5N1 influenza, treatment with an oral neuraminidase inhibitor, oseltamivir, seems to be effective in some cases, but may fail in others.
A: An equity-indexed annuity is an alternative investment to a traditional fixed rate or variable rate annuity, and it may be appealing to moderately conservative investors. Equity-indexed annuities are distinguished by the interest yield return being partially based on an equities index, such as the S&P 500 index.
âAdvisers need to look at this and say we can't take a bond yielding 3.5% and turn it into something that produces 9%. Like its indexed annuity cousin, indexed universal life insurance credits interest to a client's policy based on the performance of a market index, up to a stated cap. These life insurance policies also buffer clients' cash value from downward movement in the event the product fails to perform.