Funds sought for ill teenager
Ballet memorabilia put up for auction
By: Lindsey Wiebe
14/05/2009 1:00 AM
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/funds-sought-for-ill-teenager-44969927.html
A ballet-loving Winnipeg teen fighting for her life in hospital is getting a helping hand — a tutu once worn and signed by ballet great Evelyn Hart will be auctioned to raise funds for her care.
Jessica Bondar fell ill April 13, and went to hospital with what she and her aunt, Sheryl Matheson, thought was a bad case of the flu. Within 12 hours the 18-year-old was on life support after suffering heart failure, a rare complication from the influenza A virus, said Matheson.
14 at Duke camps contract the flu
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/durham/story/1584022.html
DURHAM — Fourteen campers and counselors at Duke University have been diagnosed with the flu, and the cases are likely related to the H1N1 virus, campus officials say.
In addition, more than a dozen other people also may have it, but their cases are not yet confirmed