Vaccine to fight H1N1 virus on the horizon (Canadian Press) 6 t8 D: i3 z3 s/ m3 p% t& |0 g y" l/ U
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. $ y0 D( `9 ?8 y5 [4 `" o8 ^# Q1 L' K# C 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); w7 b9 n2 ?7 f
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. : a* f9 S* @0 B0 g2 W" ~' P
9 ^; J& M: v @9 m/ _" w: J" ^6 q1 M1 rPeople on Alta. pig farm where H1N1 flu virus found test negative for virus (Flu-Pig-Farm) (Canadian Press) 0 |) b$ j! \) Q! Y YCanada'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. / H! I; B/ I+ |2 ^+ g4 r1 j( `) n 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.