Vaccine to fight H1N1 virus on the horizon (Canadian Press) ! k1 Q* a" Q+ X$ d; q$ B" P6 Y! ^7 Z& R: y" p3 k7 m/ B
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.8 S1 M. \1 K; K8 y E. H
5 K4 N% w: n6 o( X& X: e 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)3 C4 l: T" `8 V- \
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. ' R. }: f8 @$ Y. U y2 K: c2 c$ p+ U7 S People on Alta. pig farm where H1N1 flu virus found test negative for virus (Flu-Pig-Farm) (Canadian Press)* W; `6 W" z) c: R* g
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.5 ^ ?. D% m/ {2 x$ B0 h" T
' r% f; {+ m4 y7 x! s: B7 c) A 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.