Vaccine to fight H1N1 virus on the horizon (Canadian Press) $ W; f5 G: [* u; ]4 Y& u( d5 M* B$ ~* K7 \1 V
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.& }& h; Y8 Y; j+ ?8 ]; y1 u& v
" L4 E+ @0 n6 p 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) 4 n1 I+ n% d) c8 W3 B- ? ^4 ]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. v& d1 x9 [0 i5 W5 P) C% }
8 ~' J. T2 |/ J; ?People on Alta. pig farm where H1N1 flu virus found test negative for virus (Flu-Pig-Farm) (Canadian Press) 0 ?6 E5 r. y3 S; tCanada'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. 2 V0 ~" F% Z5 L. m % d; b3 e1 m: O! k: G4 ~0 QAirdrie 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.