Measles scare: Health authorities seek passengers on Cathay Pacific Hong...
Health authorities on Wednesday were tracking down passengers on a Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to Tokyo on March 1 after a man on the plane was found to have contracted measles, a highly...
View ArticleSeas around Hong Kong swamped in microplastics as city’s obsession with...
The average concentration of tiny plastic particles in Hong Kong’s waters has increased 11-fold in just three years, according to one of the most comprehensive studies ever conducted in the city on the...
View ArticleHong Kong’s health voucher scheme for the elderly has been running for a...
Over the past decade, a voucher scheme for private health care that began with HK$250 (US$32) given to each elderly resident annually, and rose to HK$2,000 five years ago, has become part and parcel of...
View ArticleSolomon Islands oil spill worse than first thought, say owners of Hong...
The oil spill from a Hong Kong-flagged tanker that is threatening to destroy marine life at a Unesco World Heritage site in the Solomon Islands is worse than first thought, its owner King Trader has...
View ArticlePledge of staff boost at Hong Kong’s stretched public hospitals
More than 2,000 nurses and 500 doctors will be recruited in the coming year under an ambitious plan to ease the burden on workers at Hong Kong’s public hospitals.That was the promise from the Hospital...
View ArticlePoor communication between clinical teams led to fatal mix-up in Hong Kong...
Inadequate communication between clinical teams resulted in the death of a 60-year-old patient who bled heavily and died in a public hospital after a procedure to extract liver tissue, an investigation...
View ArticleProvide lifelong health cover for your newborns, Hong Kong government tells...
The government is hoping to appeal to young parents in Hong Kong with a new voluntary medical insurance scheme under which newborns as young as 15 days old can get health coverage until they are 100...
View Article15-month-old Hong Kong boy in need of a new heart is in ‘best condition’ for...
A severely ill Hong Kong baby who has been waiting for a new heart is in the best condition to have a transplant after his kidney functions improved, his doctor said on Wednesday.The parents of...
View ArticleHong Kong winter ends with only 3 days at 12 degrees Celsius or under – a...
Hong Kong saw only three days where temperatures dropped to 12 degrees Celsius or under in the last winter, a record low for the city, with four other recent weather milestones revealed by the...
View ArticlePrince of Wales Hospital to submit report to government after asbestos is...
Environmental officers inspected a public hospital in Sha Tin on Thursday after public concern over the discovery of asbestos during the renovation of a building.The Prince of Wales Hospital found the...
View ArticleA solution to Hong Kong’s public health crisis is in the hands of its doctors
Hong Kong’s health care service has been facing an ongoing manpower shortage. No doubt this has been a factor in recurring serious medical blunders, as well as conflicts between medical staff and...
View ArticleHong Kong Observatory predicts end to mild weather with weekend expected to...
The mild weather Hong Kong has enjoyed over the past few days is expected to come to an end this weekend, with forecasters predicting thunderstorms and temperatures below 20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees...
View ArticleKaws: Holiday arrives in Hong Kong and is fairly relaxed about it
Hundreds of Kaws fans flocked to the waterfront off Tamar Park in Admiralty on Friday afternoon for some rest and restoration as the American artist’s new 37-metre-long relaxation-themed sculpture...
View ArticleHow a Hong Kong designer came up with a wallet that can help the visually...
Flipping open a brown leather wallet, Hong Kong designer Comma Leung Man-wai closes her eyes and runs her fingers across a stash of banknotes of various denominations inside. She singles one out and...
View ArticleMeasles outbreak in Hong Kong hits 5-year high, as Cathay employee is one of...
Two more cases of measles were recorded in Hong Kong on Saturday, bringing the total number this year to a five-year high of 19, as health authorities said they expected more incidents to be...
View ArticleHong Kong reports 20th case of measles infection this year as hundreds of...
Hong Kong recorded another measles infection on Sunday, as hundreds of airport workers rushed to take the vaccine over the weekend after at least five infections were linked to the facility.The latest...
View ArticleMore measles cases likely to hit Hong Kong, disease expert warns
Hong Kong could face a second wave of measles infections, a top disease expert warned on Monday, as health authorities stepped up vaccinations of workers at the city’s airport.The Centre for Health...
View ArticleAviation authority investigates why Cathay Pacific allowed pilot with measles...
Hong Kong’s aviation authority is investigating why Cathay Pacific Airways allowed a pilot with measles to fly seven times in four days, while the city grapples with a growing outbreak of the disease...
View ArticleSix more Hong Kong residents infected with measles, government says
Six more Hong Kong residents, including four working at the airport, were reported to be infected with measles on Tuesday, the government said.The latest cases have brought the number in the city this...
View ArticleHong Kong set to change measles vaccine policy so children get second...
Hong Kong is set to change its vaccination policy for measles, with children receiving a second injection against the contagious disease at a younger age amid a continuous rise in infections.From next...
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