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Saturday, November 21, 2009 8:25 AM

Published 11/05/2009 by National Review


Not Good News -- By: Jonah Goldberg

Cat gets swine flu .

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A cat in Iowa has tested positive for H1N1 swine flu, the first time a cat has been diagnosed with the new pandemic strain, the American Veterinary Medical Association said on Wednesday.

The 13-year-old cat apparently caught the virus from one of the people living...

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Iowa Cat Tests Positive for H1N1
Iowa state officials confirmed Nov. 4 that a cat has tested positive for the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. This is the first time a cat has been diagnosed with this ... - [11/05/2009 - CatChannel.com]
Cat gets swine flu
The domestic shorthair, a 13-year-old castrated male, apparently caught A(H1N1) off its owners - two of the three members of the family had previously contracted ... - [11/05/2009 - The Age]
Flu cases rising on college campuses
Influenzalike illnesses, assumed to be primarily pandemic H1N1 influenza, continued to increase on college campuses last week, although the rate has slowed.A total ... - [11/05/2009 - Chicago Tribune]
Cat diagnosed with swine flu - [11/04/2009 - New York Daily News]
Not Good News -- By: Jonah Goldberg - [11/04/2009 - The Corner on National Review Online]
Swine flu confirmed in US cat - [11/04/2009 - New Zealand Herald]
Iowa Cat First Feline To Get H1N1 Swine Flu - [11/04/2009 - Huliq.com]
World first as cat catches swine flu - [11/04/2009 - NEWS.com.au]
Sick Iowa Kitty Had Swine Flu - [11/04/2009 - NPR]
Washington: World first as cat catches swine flu - [11/04/2009 - Daily Telegraph Australia]
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"Two of the three members of the family that owns the pet had suffered from influenza-like illness before the cat became ill" Iowa Department of...
Not Good News -- By: Jonah Goldberg [National Review - 11/05/2009]
"This is not completely unexpected, as other strains of influenza have been found in cats in the past." Both the cat and its...
Not Good News -- By: Jonah Goldberg [National Review - 11/05/2009]

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