Late planting is impacting wheat - MinotDailyNews.com

Cool and wet conditions across much of the Great Plains this spring have seriously delayed planting.

While all 2009 crops have the potential to be negatively affected, none so as much as wheat currently, with durum and spring wheat planting lagging severely.

As of May 3, 23 percent of the national hard red spring wheat crop has been planted, up 15 percent from April but still well below the five-year average of 59 percent, according to the Crop Progress Report by the North Dakota Wheat Commission. South Dakota leads the way with 61 percent of its crop in the ground, followed by Montana at 35 percent, although both are still well below their respective five-year averages.

Swine flu likely to return to U.S. next winter - USATODAY.com

In North America, the summer should slow down the spread of swine flu; neither viruses nor bacteria survive well at temperatures above 70 degrees Fahrenheit, explained C. Ed Hsu, an associate professor of public health informatics at the University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston and associate director of health informatics at the Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness at the University of Texas School of Public Health.

Stay warm, there is a chill in the air - Fiji Times Online

HOME remedies can best help your children in this cold weather which has brought in the seasonal flu, says Health Ministry deputy permanent secretary Doctor Josaia Samuela said.

Children and the elderly are the most likely to succumb to the flu, which brings in coughs, running nose, fever and in some cases wheezing.

"Parents are advised to keep their children warm," Dr Samuela said.