Vaccine to fight H1N1 virus on the horizon (Canadian Press) 4 g9 k8 t8 p* Z# d: [ " d \7 B* n. Y" b6 AWidescale 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." X; ? g q: ?
3 r7 l8 Z1 C) bProvince'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) / O3 ~( v8 X) b6 n3 YAlbertans 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. # F3 e0 n6 }% b8 Q: R* G; \
' _3 w& v& @7 k) k/ k: X! z" U People on Alta. pig farm where H1N1 flu virus found test negative for virus (Flu-Pig-Farm) (Canadian Press)0 X3 Y4 P$ n" Y: e" L o0 S
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. + d8 `; y2 _( z: W$ | ! W6 x" R# F; C4 r4 nAirdrie 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.