Vaccine to fight H1N1 virus on the horizon (Canadian Press): i! P* R4 x4 ^: ^) |
) o b3 W: B: g+ A$ |0 JWidescale 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.8 C5 C6 S/ r8 Q) ]
3 p7 V- `! f; ~4 m3 mProvince'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) 4 g1 g6 H* i* q/ K# j$ LAlbertans 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. ; T9 z7 Q; T* h% Y9 A/ q; j
# O# ~7 K5 A' [ People on Alta. pig farm where H1N1 flu virus found test negative for virus (Flu-Pig-Farm) (Canadian Press) - k5 y8 C; i# ~9 H; T7 k3 H! ^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. ( Q% c$ B9 n H/ {4 }- l' l9 h; W1 ?6 z- G3 I 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.