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- 'South Korea to take tough measures against bird flu this winter (AFP via Yahoo! News)
South Korea's agriculture ministry announced tough measures aimed at preventing a winter outbreak of bird flu.
'Glaxo says more govts plan to buy bird flu vaccine (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
GlaxoSmithKline Plc expects to sign more contracts to supply governments with its experimental bird flu vaccine for humans, following purchases by Switzerland and an unidentified Asian country.
'Chinese scientists report bird flu in sparrows (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters BEIJING, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Chinese scientists said they had found the H5N1 bird flu virus in sparrows two years ago, the first time it has been detected in non-migratory birds in China, Xinhua news ...
'Man behind Big Bird, Oscar is nostalgic for early days of `Sesame Street' (San Jose Mercury News)
Carol Spinney is one of the best-known ``Sesame Street'' characters you've never seen. He is the body and voice behind the child-like Big Bird, and the grumpiest Muppet, Oscar the Grouch.
'No bird flu cases registered among Russians (Itar-Tass)
MOSCOW, October 26 (Itar-Tass) - No bird flu cases were registered among the Russians, the number of bird flu infected people reached 256 in the world.
'Russia fights bird flu, no human cases (UPI)
MOSCOW, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Russia said it has fought an outbreak of bird flu among birds in the country, and the infection has not spread to humans.
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