Face masks recommended to block bird flu (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
Face masks and regular hand-washing are more likely to halt the spread of a deadly flu than all the antiviral drugs stockpiled worldwide, experts say.

Saudi culls more birds over deadly flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Saudi Arabia's agriculture ministry said on Wednesday that 216,000 birds have been culled or are in the process of being destroyed following the discovery of a new outbreak of bird flu.

Bird flu in South Korea prompts culling of 17,000 ducks (News-Medical-Net)
A bird flu scare in South Korea has prompted Japan to ban all imports of poultry from there.