RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 6 (Reuters) Cruzeiro are demanding a ruling on the viability of playing a Libertadores Cup match at Estudiantes on Wednesday amid an outbreak of the H1N1 flu strain in Argentina that has claimed 60 lives.
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Argentines question government as flu spreads (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * Doubts over economic data extend to flu outbreak * Argentine death toll third-highest in the world By Damian Wroclavsky BUENOS AIRES, July 6 (Reuters) – Argentines are questioning the …
Canadian hog industry seeks government rescue (National Post)
Canada’s struggling hog industry has asked the federal government for $800-million a year in aid to help rescue it from its worst downturn in decades, as prices tumble and export markets close their doors due to the H1N1 flu outbreak.
Cruzeiro worried about Argentina trip amid flu outbreak
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 6 – Cruzeiro are demanding aruling on the viability of playing a Libertadores Cup match atEstudiantes on Wednesday amid an outbreak of the H1N1 flu strainin Argentina that has claimed 60 lives.Cruzeiro, due to play the first le …
Flu Update: Pigs, Genes and Vaccines
A few noteworthy developments today on the flu outbreak: Researchers called for stepped up surveillance of flu in the world’s pigs. An analysis of the genes of the H1N1 flu, published today in the journal Science, suggested that the strain may have been circulating undetected for some time. It’s “likely” that other new strains are also in circulation but haven’t been detected, the authors said. The analysis, which sequenced the genes of scores of samples of H1N1 flu, also found that the ge