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- 'Bird, Thompsons among those paying respects to Auerbach (USA Today)
Celtics legends Larry Bird and Bob Cousy were among several basketball luminaries who paid their respects Monday night to Red Auerbach, the NBA coach, executive and pioneer. John Thompson and his son, John III, who brought his whole Georgetown University team, also came to the funeral home to honor Auerbach, the Hall of Famer who guided the Celtics to 16 championships first as a coach and later
'New strain of bird flu discovered in Asia (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Scientists have discovered a strain of bird flu that appears to sidestep current vaccines. It is infecting people as well as poultry in Asia, and some researchers fear its evolution may have been steered by the vaccination programs designed to protect poultry from earlier types of the H5N1 flu.
'FACTBOX-Bird flu's spread around the globe (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters Oct 31 (Reuters) - Egypt has confirmed the country's seventh death from H5N1 avian influenza. The 39-year-old woman, whose infection was confirmed on October 11, died on October 30. Bird flu has ...
'Bird flu mutates to remain a serious pandemic risk (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Experts have renewed their warnings of a bird flu pandemic after a new resistant strain of the H5N1 virus deadly to humans and poultry was found to have spread through Asia.
'Vaccine-Resistant Bird Flu Spreading in Asia (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
MONDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- A new strain of vaccine-resistant H5N1 bird flu virus has emerged in China and is spreading through southeast Asia, Hong Kong researchers report.
'Bird flu mutates to remain a serious pandemic risk (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Experts have renewed their warnings of a bird flu pandemic after a new resistant strain of the H5N1 virus deadly to humans and poultry was found to have spread throughout the region.
'Fossil Found of a Big Bird That Kermit Wouldn?t Like (New York Times)
Fossils of the largest known bird have been discovered in Argentina, paleontologists reported last week
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