South Korea Investigates More Cases Of Bird Flu (Medical News Today) The government of South Korea is investigating fresh outbreaks of bird flu, including one only 70 kilometers from the capital, Seoul. [News Source]

Japan to vaccinate medical workers for bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Japan plans to vaccinate 6,000 medical workers and quarantine officers with stockpiled bird flu vaccines to check their effectiveness and possible side-effects, the health ministry said on Tuesday. [News Source]

South Korea probes new suspected bird flu cases (Reuters via Yahoo! News) South Korea said on Tuesday it was investigating four new suspected cases of bird flu, including one near Seoul, adding to a string of recent outbreaks and raising concerns the disease may be spreading across the country. [News Source]

South Korea probes new suspected bird flu cases (AlertNet) Source: Reuters (Adds test results, details) SEOUL, April 15 (Reuters) - South Korea said on Tuesday it was investigating four new suspected cases of bird flu, including one near Seoul, adding to a string of recent ... [News Source]

Bird flu outbreak confirmed in Russia’s Far East (Russian Information Agency Novosti) VLADIVOSTOK, April 15 (RIA Novosti) - Laboratory tests confirmed the presence of a deadly strain of bird flu in a village in the Primorye Territory, in Russia's Far East, where ten birds suddenly died last week, local officials said Tuesday. [News Source]