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.
Indexed universal life insurance (IUL) is permanent life insurance that offers death benefit protection when death. occurs. Like other forms of permanent life insurance, your premium payments may earn interest and grow the. cash value of your policy. What differentiates IUL from other permanent life insurance is the way interest is credited to the policy. In. addition to offering a traditional declared interest rate, IUL also offers the ability to earn interest that is linked to. the movement of a selected stock market index over a specific period of time.