Three more measles infections reported as Carrie Lam rejects criticism that...
Three more people were struck down by measles on Wednesday as Hong Kong’s public hospitals stepped up precautions for a possible outbreak after a hospital worker was confirmed to have been infected.The...
View ArticleDisappointment across the board as Hong Kong Medical Council rejects...
Hong Kong’s medical watchdog has torpedoed proposals to fully exempt foreign-trained doctors in the city from having to do an internship locally as a way of a solving a chronic staff shortage on public...
View ArticleAlmost every primary school pupil in Hong Kong spends more than an hour on...
Almost every primary school child in Hong Kong spends more than an hour a day on homework – with almost 4 per cent taking four hours or more – a survey released to coincide with Children’s Day on...
View ArticleFlawed election method, not politics, led to failure of ballot for proposals...
Doctors have denied politics were to blame for the failure of a ballot to select proposals to attract more overseas doctors to Hong Kong.They pointed the finger rather at the election method chosen by...
View ArticleHighest number of landslides in a decade reported in Hong Kong last year –...
More than 250 landslides were reported in Hong Kong last year, the highest number for a decade, the office responsible for the upkeep of slopes in the city has revealed.Urbanisation, slope degradation...
View ArticleHong Kong gets 50th measles case for the year so far, already setting a...
Seven more people were found to be infected with measles on Thursday, bringing the total number of cases in Hong Kong this year to 50 – setting a five-year record for an annual infection count by early...
View ArticleHong Kong wildlife chiefs to get tough on people who feed wild boars
Wildlife managers in Hong Kong are to step up their fight against people who illegally feed boars and other animals, having recorded 12 cases in the past month.The Agriculture, Fisheries and...
View ArticleHong Kong proposal to help boost foreign doctor recruitment had health...
Hong Kong’s health minister on Friday expressed disappointment over the medical watchdog’s rejection of a proposal to relieve a chronic doctor shortage, revealing that the sector had previously shown...
View ArticleFour new Hong Kong measles cases confirmed, with one nurse affected, and this...
Another medical worker in Hong Kong has contracted measles, it was confirmed on Friday, while the city will face a vaccine shortage during the Easter travel season as doses from one supplier will fail...
View ArticleCan cheaper drugs help home-grown labs turn the table on foreign Big Pharma...
A war is being waged in China’s market for cancer drugs, where home-grown laboratories must strike a delicate balance between social responsibility and cash flow in a long-term strategy to occupy the...
View ArticleBig data enters the fray in the war against cancer as pharmaceutical...
Pharmaceutical researchers are using big data analysis and machine learning to help them find the most appropriate cocktail of drugs to fight cancer, as combination therapy – the use of two or more...
View ArticleWhy a former Vietnamese refugee returned to Hong Kong to give back to the...
In Hong Kong’s Kowloon Bay in the 1980s, thousands of Vietnamese lived in sordid and cramped conditions in a refugee camp, sleeping among three-tier bunk beds with only tattered curtains for privacy....
View ArticleHong Kong’s measles infections hit 55 in 2019 as another airport worker falls...
Another worker at Hong Kong airport was on Saturday found to have been infected with measles, bringing the number of cases in the city this year to 55.The 25-year-old customer service officer...
View ArticleGiant pandas at Hong Kong’s Ocean Park enter breeding season, as Sichuan...
Hong Kong’s Ocean Park will get a helping hand from mainland China as its prize pandas struggle to procreate, and has closed the animals’ section with the arrival of breeding season.An expert in giant...
View ArticleHow many rats are there in Hong Kong? Their thriving population reflects...
One of my more frustrating data searches recently had been to track down the global population of rats. “Everyone agrees they outnumber us, but no-one seems eager to count,” as one research note...
View ArticleBan e-cigarettes and other new tobacco products, Hong Kong parents say in survey
Three-quarters of more than 9,000 parents polled in a survey want a complete ban on e-cigarettes and other new tobacco products, saying a plan to choke only their supply, sale and promotion – but allow...
View ArticleAnother Hong Kong airport worker confirmed as having measles, bringing year’s...
One more airport staff member was confirmed to be infected with measles on Sunday, bringing the total number of people affected by the contagious disease in Hong Kong this year to 56.The latest case...
View ArticlePregnant woman among five more measles cases in Hong Kong
Five more people were struck down by measles in Hong Kong on Monday, including the first pregnant woman to fall ill in this year’s outbreak.Three were airport employees. The new cases brought the...
View ArticleSurge in health insurance disputes as Hongkongers urged to tell the whole...
Hongkongers have been urged to disclose as much information as possible when applying for insurance after a surge in the number of disputes over claims, most of which related to health care, according...
View ArticleParents of miscarried babies in Hong Kong get first-ever government facility...
Parents of miscarried babies can begin applying for burial places for their lost children at Hong Kong’s first government facility from Thursday, the health minister has said.The Garden of Forever...
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