Vaccine to fight H1N1 virus on the horizon (Canadian Press)0 G* m/ L/ e7 _
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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 C0 L; @5 \4 X# I9 {
5 H5 O. A1 y `' f1 f 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 ~9 {8 X/ G0 e) RAlbertans 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. & H7 Z6 i% G/ o
( ]# l5 U+ H" EPeople on Alta. pig farm where H1N1 flu virus found test negative for virus (Flu-Pig-Farm) (Canadian Press)8 j6 Z* k- U9 E4 a0 L* f7 d1 K- d
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 L" B6 m2 Y& D: M+ |9 M' b! k . o9 I3 I0 y: wAirdrie 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.