Vaccine to fight H1N1 virus on the horizon (Canadian Press)# [+ V1 S/ B7 c# c5 m0 @! {
" T6 @$ z" I# W nWidescale 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.& T: V+ _$ q9 _+ p. z; y
$ w" C" t6 T9 Q; Y. yProvince'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) & l0 C; ~9 V) J! M! ~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. ! `7 n$ n2 V3 p; S1 j
& s L- y: _3 V; d/ d: }5 kPeople on Alta. pig farm where H1N1 flu virus found test negative for virus (Flu-Pig-Farm) (Canadian Press)+ i8 o2 z# l/ f
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.* x" T$ U2 {- m( W1 k# L
! b% P4 h" p) u( ]" n9 p 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.