Japan Struggles To Contain Bird Flu Outbreak

YAMAGUCHI, JAPAN - JANUARY 18: A prefectural worker is checked and injected to prevent contracting the human form of bird flu in the town of Ato on January 18, 2004 in the Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Investigations continue into the outbreak of bird flu which can prove fatal to humans as well as poultry, is the first in Japan since 1925. (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images)

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