This new item is about: An outbreak of canine influenza in the Chicago, Illinois area that began earlier this year has since spread to Alabama, California, Texas, New York, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana according to recent reports, to other regions of the USA. Scientists at Cornell University and at the Baker Institute are working to understand more about the virus responsible, investigating how the canine immune system reacts to the virus, and are working with others to create models of how the virus passes from dog to dog.