What scare? Europeans play down outbreak (Gulf Times) A little over two weeks since the outbreak of the H1N1 flu, some Europeans are asking whether danger was exaggerated, but the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned against complacency and said the worse could be yet to come. [News Source]

Swine Flu, Missing Dog, and the Arrival of Spring (Glenview Journal) With yet another tragic Midwest fire involving pig deaths at an Illinois factory pig farm, it is imperative that the public supports Senate Bill 1337 which places limits on how pigs are confined. [News Source]

What scare? Europeans play down new flu  (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Just over two weeks since the outbreak of the H1N1 flu, some Europeans are asking whether danger was exaggerated, but the World Health Organisation warned against complacency and said the worse could be yet to come. [News Source]

Have a pork chop — save the nation (Toronto Sun) We had pork chops for dinner the other night. They were juicy and delicious, slathered in maple barbecue sauce and served with rice, some chutney and a big green salad. Yum. [News Source]

Armed with cameras, Richard Law and his neighbours are winning the war against crime in Belgravia (Edmonton Sun) City cops carry up to 14 kg of gear, including guns, pepper spray, batons and Tasers. But Richard Law's favourite weapon against crime is a digital camera. And it's staggeringly effective. [News Source]

Tragic treatments aimed to make kids ‘normal’ (San Francisco Chronicle) What could be more Frankensteinian than medical experiments on children? But in fact, such experiments have been conducted for decades in the United States, Europe and Australia, according to a new book by Berkeley medical writers Susan Cohen and Christine... [News Source]

Nielsen: FDA rules on blood unfair (Daily Northwestern) This Wednesday, Student Blood Services will be hosting a blood drive in Norris. I was told, when I attempted to give blood two years ago, that I could not do so because I had spent too much time outside of the United States. Since I have spent more than five years cumulatively over the course of my life out of this country, it is statistically more likely that I would have contracted foot and ... [News Source]