Hong Kong health authorities have issued four fixed penalty tickets in newly designated no smoking areas, including outside hospitals, clinics and tram stops, following more than 700 inspections since the city expanded its tobacco control measures on New Year’s Day. Ten days into the enforcement of the broadened ban, tobacco control officers carried out more…
Some smokers are still lighting up at bus stops in Hong Kong despite new rules banning them from doing so while queuing, the Post has observed, with authorities saying they have stepped up inspections at tourist spots and ramped up promotion efforts. The new rules that took effect on Thursday included a ban on anyone…
Hong Kong authorities will ramp up inspections at bus stops and tourist spots starting on Thursday, when new rules banning smoking while queuing or near designated facilities take effect. While some residents told the Post on Wednesday that they were aware of the new measures, visitors in Tsim Sha Tsui said they were not but…
Today, 29 hospitals and health systems across the region are implementing temporary visitor restrictions amid a recent increase in respiratory illness. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] News Center 7’s Amber Jenkins has more on the restriction tonight on News Center 7 at 5:00. Area hospitals are currently seeing higher-than-normal volumes…
About 170,000 women in the United States are living with metastatic breast cancer — or cancer that has spread to other organs — and eventually leads to death. Now, a team led in part by oncologists from the Yale cancer hospital is looking to drastically change that outcome through new clinical trials that will begin…
A school association and a member of Hong Kong’s largest political party have urged the government to go further in its anti-smoking measures, including by banning vaping devices and outlawing “smoking while walking”, after lawmakers passed a controversial tobacco control bill. Their comments came on Friday, a day after the Tobacco Control Legislation (Amendment) Bill…
The Time Square shooting suspect was taken into custody by New York City officers after opening fire at crowds early on Saturday morning, with multiple people hit 09:56, 09 Aug 2025Updated 09:57, 09 Aug 2025 The shooter left three people in hospital(Image: Earthcam) A child has left three people in hospital after a horror shooting…
Hong Kong can save more than HK$90,000 (US$11,470) per patient in medical expenses if the city provided better measures to allow more residents to receive support and die at home or in care facilities, a local think tank has said, calling on the government to develop a plan framework for people in their last days….
NHS ambulance, London. Image by Tim Sandle The locations in England that have to wait the longest for a GP appointment have been assessed in a new poll. This indicates that London has the shortest waiting times. In contrast, NHS North Central London ICB is at the bottom of the list with just 1.16% of…
Abdulsalam Hassan, 27, lay in wait for his colleague at a junction in Derby before savagely attacking him with a 3lb dumbbell, destroying his skull 17:23, 07 Jul 2025Updated 17:23, 07 Jul 2025 Abdulsalam Hassan, 27, has been jailed for 28 years (Image: Derbyshire Police) A warehouse worker has been jailed for 28 years after…