Department of Pediatrics

Delayed oseltamivir still benefits children hospitalized with flu

Written by Healio | August 24, 2026

“We are unlikely to ever have a randomized controlled trial of oseltamivir in hospitalized children, so high-quality observational data are particularly important for this population,” Suchitra Rao, MBBS, MSCS, professor of pediatrics at University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado, told Healio.