Kenyan Vaccine Breakthrough

Nairobi — A private firm in Kenya has announced a medical breakthrough in the fight against a killer disease which wiped out thousands of ostrich chicks in the country in 1999.

An announcement by the Maasai Ostrich Farm in the Kajiado district of southern Kenya said a vaccine against the "Ecoli" disease has been developed by scientists after several months of research at the farm.

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