ATLANTA (AP) — The makers of the nasal spray version of the flu vaccine say they now know why it didn’t protect young children against swine flu — the doses got too warm.

The spray FluMist works well for most flu strains, but small studies found it didn’t work very well against the swine flu bug that first emerged in 2009.

The maker AstraZeneca has been investigating since the problem came to light last year. At a medical meeting Thursday, officials said they concluded that the swine flu part of the vaccine is unusually sensitive to heat. The vaccine is refrigerated.

A company official said a more stable strain would be used in the future.

The swine flu strain hasn’t been a big player this flu season.

 

COURTESY OF THE NORTH PLATTE POLICE DEPARTMENT

02/25/2015 04:27:49 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT “5400 E Lee Bird Dr
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 04:55:09 SPEEDING “900 S BUFFALO BILL AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 06:48:19 ESCORT- ADAMS & SWANSON “W 5TH ST /N LINCOLN AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 07:02:11 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT “5400 E Lee Bird DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69103”

02/25/2015 07:36:57 VIOL OF PROTECT ORD-HARRASSMENT “300 N JEFFERS ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 07:47:14 IMPEDING TRAFFIC “1200 MCDONALD RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 07:47:47 SPEEDING “1900 RODEO RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 08:24:57 BURGLARY “2300 E PHILIP AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 08:46:40 LOOSE ANIMALS “W FRONT ST /N GRANT AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 09:06:47 NO LICENSE PLATES 60 323 “600 S DEWEY ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 09:09:17 SPEEDING “400 N Buffalo ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 09:07:33 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF “3000 E STATE FARM
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 09:12:58 VEHICLE INSPECTION “3200 DETCO CR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 10:01:45 CITIZEN ASSIST “100 E WILLIAM AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 10:05:07 THEFT BY SHOPLIFTING “1400 S Dewey ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 10:14:04 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY “200 EUGENE AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 11:01:09 CITIZEN ASSIST NORTH PLATTE NE

02/25/2015 11:49:44 LOOSE ANIMALS “W C ST /S WILLOW ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 11:56:56 THEFT BY DECEPTION “1800 W A ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 12:22:56 THEFT BY EXER CONTROL- ALL OTHER “2000 N BUFFALO BILL AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 13:16:41 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF “2300 E PHILIP AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 13:15:35 WELFARE CHECK “NORTH PLATTE,
1 NORTH PLATTE
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 13:38:30 VIOL OF PROTECT ORD-DOM ABUSE “2500 W 6TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 13:45:28 EXPIRED PLATES/REGISTRATION “E E ST /S BRYAN AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 13:46:04 LOOSE ANIMALS “E C ST /S COTTONWOOD ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 14:11:54 BURGLARY “1000 E 7th
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 15:02:03 LOOSE ANIMALS “Sunset Dr /S Buffalo Bill Ave
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69103”

02/25/2015 15:10:10 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY “1400 S DEWEY ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 15:40:13 PROP DAMAGE-NO ALC RELAT “E E ST /S DEWEY ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 15:43:00 LOOSE ANIMALS “1400 N FRANKLIN AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 15:02:48 ANIMAL COMPLAINT OTHER “W A /S Buffalo Bill Ave
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69103”

02/25/2015 16:02:56 CITIZEN ASSIST “2300 E PHILIP AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 16:07:46 THEFT BY EXER CONTROL-GAS FROM SELF SERV STATION “500 RODEO RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 17:17:10 DOG-SURRENDER “1400 N SYCAMORE ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 17:22:11 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY “E 9TH ST /N WALNUT ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 17:58:40 CITIZEN ASSIST “2300 E PHILIP AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 19:01:24 INJUR ACCID-NO ALC RELAT “1400 W A ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 19:06:17 SUSPICIOUS PERSON “500 W 8TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 19:58:27 CHILD ABUSE-NON VIOLENT “NORTH PLATTE,
1 NORTH PLATTE
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 20:45:58 SUSPICIOUS PERSON “300 E 6TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 20:58:12 ALARM-BURGLARY CALL IN “1000 DEERWOOD DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 21:07:29 VIOL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEV “W 9TH ST /N MADISON AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 21:22:13 VIOL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEV “E 9TH ST /N JEFFERS ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 22:11:08 ASSIST OTH LAW ENF “1 NORTH PLATTE
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 23:27:57 DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE “E FRANCIS ST /S DEWEY ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 23:38:13 MOTOR VEH LIGHT REQUIREMENTS “E PHILIP AV /S YORK AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/25/2015 23:41:25 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF “600 W 8TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/26/2015 00:22:47 SPEEDING “2800 block W A ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69103”

02/26/2015 00:23:53 SUSPICIOUS PERSON “500 N POPLAR ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/26/2015 00:35:54 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT “LEE BIRD FIELD,
5400 E LEE BIRD DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/26/2015 02:34:17 SUSPICIOUS PERSON “300 HOLIDAY FRONTAGE RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/26/2015 03:29:35 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY “300 HOLIDAY FRONTAGE RD 247
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/26/2015 03:57:07 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT “LEE BIRD FIELD,
5400 E LEE BIRD DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

GERING, Neb. (AP) — A prosecution witness has been accused of killing a 2-year-old Nebraska girl more than six years ago.

Defense attorney Jeff Pickens confronted Brandon Townsend as he retook the stand in a Gering courtroom on Wednesday and said to him, “You killed Juliette, didn’t you.”

“No, sir,” was Townsend’s reply.

Townsend was living with Dustin Chauncey and the little girl’s mother, Charyse Geurts, in July 2008, when Juliette was beaten to death. Chauncey is charged with child abuse resulting in the girl’s death.

Pickens accused Townsend of killing Juliette because Townsend was angry at hearing Chauncey and Charyse Geurts having sex in a nearby bedroom. Townsend briefly dated Geurts before she became involved with Chauncey.

Townsend has not been charged with any crime in Juliette Geurts’ death.

McCOOK, Neb. (AP) — A timeline in a bottle reveals that a farmhouse being renovated in southwest Nebraska has been rebuilt twice before.

Shad Dewey’s 14-year-old daughter found the bottle as they were working on their home, which sits six miles northeast of McCook.

A rolled-up note inside it said: “This farm owned by Mr. and Mrs. Del Pate from 1917 — rebuilt in 1924 — burned by fire Sept. 27, 1932 — rebuilt and completed Jan. 1, 1933 by contractor Jake L. Klein, McCook, Nebraska.”

It was information Dewey had wondered about since buying the farmhouse in 1999.

The note from the past has spurred his family to create their own time capsule: a plastic pipe that they’ll fill with a written history of their renovations.

Three people were killed and five other injured in a two vehicle accident on Interstate 80 near the Cozad exit in Dawson County.

The crash occurred around 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, February 25, when the driver of a westbound 2005 Jeep Liberty lost control of the vehicle. The SUV went through median and rolled into the eastbound lanes of I-80 (mm227) striking a 2006 Nissan Altima.

The driver of the Jeep, Anthony Hill, 16, Cozad along with passengers, Regina Hill, 41, Cozad and Dennis Alexander, 67, of Cozad, were killed in the crash. Two passengers in the Jeep, William Alexander, 19, of Cozad, and Kathryn McReynolds, 44, of Eustis, were flown by medical helicopter to Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney with serious injuries.

The driver of the Nissan, Denton Tatman, 54, of Crawford, Colo., along with two passengers, Lisa Tatman, 51, of Crawford and Mariah Tatman,3, of Omaha, were transported to Lexington Regional Medical Center in Lexington with non-life threatening injuries.

The crash remains under investigation. The occupants of the Nissan were wearing seat belts. Seat belts were not in use in the Jeep.

Westbound lanes of I-80 were closed for approximately an hour and a half. Eastbound lanes were closed for more than three hours. Traffic was diverted at the Cozad exit to Highway 30.

The Nebraska State Patrol was assisted by the Dawson County Sheriff’s Office, the Cozad and Lexington Police Departments and the Nebraska Department of Roads.

• Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 20. Wind chill values as low as -9. North wind around 11 mph.
• Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around -2. Wind chill values as low as -13. North northeast wind 6 to 10 mph becoming southeast after midnight.
• Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 23. Wind chill values as low as -14. South wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 12 to 17 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.
• Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11. Wind chill values as low as -2. South southeast wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
• Saturday: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 25. South southeast wind 8 to 13 mph.
• Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 14.
• Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 32.

UPDATE (2/25/15):

It is with the deepest sympathy that we report that Brent Farley has passed away due to injuries sustained in the Valentine’s Day fire.

The condition of Nathaniel Farley is unknown at this time.

Please remember to donate to the family at youcaring.com.

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UPDATE (2/19/15):

According to family members, doctors have had to amputate both of Nathaniel’s legs.

A post on the family’s Facebook page said, due to a lack of circulation, doctors had to amputate one of Nathaniel’s legs above the knee, and the other below the knee.

Family members asking for continued prayers and financial donations to support the Farley family.

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A North Platte father and son remain in critical condition following a fire on Valentine’s Day.

Brent Farley and his son, Nathaniel, were working on a motorcycle in their garage, at 416 South Chestnut, when a propane heater ignited gasoline fumes.

Nathaniel received 3rd degree burns to over 80% of his body, and Brent suffered 3rd degree burns to over 90% of his body.

They were both transported to CHI Health St. Elizabeth in Lincoln.

According to family members, both Nathaniel and Brent have had “a couple of good days, considering the circumstances.”

Brent has reportedly had a couple of skin grafts, and Nathaniel was going to undergo some skin grafting today.

Cards and pictures can be sent to the Farleys at:

St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
c/o Brent Farley
c/o Nathaniel Farley
575 South 70th Street
Lincoln, NE 68510

Family members say flowers and balloons are not allowed, but they say cards of encouragement will “lift their spirits when they wake up.”

To make matters worse, Nathaniel does not have health insurance, and will need assistance with medical expenses.  The family also needs assistance with general expenses.

Several local businesses have stepped up to help.

Dave’s Place, 1510 East 4th Street, will donate twenty percent of their sales from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. tonight (February 18) to the Farley family.

Premier Rental Purchase, 105 North Jeffers Street, will donate fifty percent of all first payments collected between February 17 and February 28.

Donations can also be made online at youcaring.com.