Vaccine to fight H1N1 virus on the horizon (Canadian Press) - A4 ~% Y( T; W4 |; c* q7 i2 V3 k' |( t8 n
Widescale production of a vaccine against the new H1N1 swine flu virus is likely and could be triggered by a call from the World Health Organization that may come as early as next week, the head of the agency's initiative for vaccine research said yesterday. * Y/ r4 U; M7 w: k+ T0 p$ \; S! ^3 w" i. V Province's top vet vouches for safety of Alberta pork; Virus 'completely gone' after sick pigs recover, he says Jodie Sinnema and Trish Audette (Edmonton Journal)7 \# a; _$ y0 B
Albertans should not be concerned about eating pork, despite a caution from the World Health Organization to avoid pigs infected with the H1N1 virus, the province's top veterinarian says. ( D3 F! d1 g3 X/ E. |4 ^* a
+ z5 k( C! b9 ]( d( M/ y' C5 v0 G4 T People on Alta. pig farm where H1N1 flu virus found test negative for virus (Flu-Pig-Farm) (Canadian Press)- h w: F$ K& f3 W0 ~
Canada's chief public health officer says the people who live on an Alberta pig farm where pigs were found to be infected with swine flu have tested negative for the virus. 1 s! e! h- s2 c6 U) E/ t# O( `. e/ M( v3 n# m- Q2 s Airdrie flu case keeps students home (Calgary Herald)Student absences at an Airdrie middle school jumped Wednesday as some parents kept their children home after learning a student at the school is recovering from a case of H1N1 flu.