H1N1 battle into new phase - Winnipeg Free Press
Manitoba health officials have entered a new phase in their race against the H1N1 virus, but they still don’t know when they’ll reach the finish line. As the province threw open the doors to H1N1 vaccination clinics for all Manitobans for the first
The Booky Man: Plague Upon Your Houses - Paste Magazine
Northwest, and its troubles during the great epidemic of Spanish influenza swine flu, back in the days when H1N1 was just a glimmer in some Duroc’s wet eye. This winter, The Last Town on Earth should be required. Like that flu shot.
Man-made swine-bird flu supervirus: What’s French for “apocalypse”? - Shanghaiist
Since up until now, we’ve only seen the third case of serious swine flu emerged in Shanghai , you may well be wondering, “how bad could all this hullabaloo get anyway?” Pretty bad. Do you remember Avian Flu ? The one that had a high mortality rate
Outdoor notes: Archery season yields 4 percent increase in state’s - Bucyrus Telegraph Forum
Ohio bow hunters killed 53,959 deer during the first six weeks of the state’s archery season. According to the Division of Wildlife, this year’s early archery season harvest is 4 percent higher than last year’s kill of 51,976 deer. Counties reporting
New research helps explain why bird flu has not caused a pandemic - PhysOrg
Earlier this year, the Imperial researchers also showed that avian influenza viruses do not thrive in humans because, at 32 degrees Celsius, the temperature inside a person’s nose is too low. H5 strains of influenza are widespread in bird populations