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The news this week that a cat in Iowa had come down with a case of H1N1 swine flu likely had a lot of pet owners worried about their own pets, but Canadian vets assure that the risk of swine flu infecting your pet is very low.

More than 199 countries and overseas territories have reported lab-confirmed cases of A influenza as of November 1, resulting in more than 6000 deaths, according to figures released Friday by the World Health Organization .

An Institutional Review Board of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has given clearance for the Company's first clinical study involving the much talked about L.E.A.P.S. H1N1 investigational therapy.

U.S. World Health Organization Assistant Director Keiji Fukuda attends a conference on swine flu in Cancun, Mexico, Friday, July 3, 2009.

For all the attention that has whirled around H1N1 in recent months, it seems that one vulnerable, and furry, population may have been overlooked: the family pet.

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Fears that countries would close borders to key pharmaceutical exports in a pandemic drove Canada's decision to award its pandemic flu vaccine contract to the only company that makes the product in this country, people who were involved in pandemic planning at the time say.

To diagnose H1N1infection, a respiratory specimen would generally need to be collected within the first 4 to 5 days of illness.

US vets say a household cat has tested positive for swine flu - the first known case in the world of the new pandemic strain spreading to the feline population.

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Facts About the 2009 A/H1N1 Virus: Why it Is, "Novel", "Dangerous" and "Highly Unusual" Are there people who predicted the 2009 H1N1 "Swine" flu pandemic ? Is predicting a pandemic flu virus like predicting rain in the monsoon season? What I read in a Journal of Infectious Disease article, dated 1997, may surprise you.

VIETNAM has announced the reemergence of bird flu among its poultry after six months with no reported outbreaks of the H5N1 virus, the country's animal health department said.

Main Category: Flu / Cold / SARS Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health Immune System / Vaccines Infection with "seasonal" influenza A could actually benefit children by giving them improved immunity against pandemic strains such as the swine flu H1N1 strain now circulating.

Each year it seems there is a new epidemic of flu. One year it is bird flu now it is the swine flu .

Home : Health : Contentious study questions seasonal flu shot for kids Contentious study questions seasonal flu shot for kids Date: Friday Oct.

Allowing children to fall ill with seasonal flu may protect them against more dangerous pandemic strains, it has been claimed.

Biotechnology company Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. said its third-quarter loss narrowed as revenue from partnerships rose and costs fell.

"The premise that 'you can't win' is part of the equation," said Dr. D.A. Henderson, who advised the administration of former president George W. Bush on pandemic preparedness.

Dutch scientists ignited a controversy Friday by suggesting that children would be better off skipping the seasonal flu vaccine this year a ' a proposal flatly rejected by other health experts.

Dr. Daniel Weissbluth, right. grabs files as he deliveres H1N1 vaccines to families at the Northwest Children's Practice, as Vajaira Tiscareno checks syringes Monday, Oct.