Hong Kong authorities are using advanced genome sequencing to see whether separate infections or underlying factors contributed to the death of a young oncologist after a suspected outbreak of a highly toxic E coli strain at a hospital where two other doctors have also presented symptoms. One of the experts involved in the investigation said…
TOPSHOT – A staff member of the Congolese Ministry of Health prepares the sampling equipment to … [+] perform a COVID-19 test at a private residence in Goma, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on March 31, 2020. One positive case of COVID-19 coronavirus was reported on March 30, 2020 in Goma, capital of North Kivu…
Researchers are investigating the mysterious Disease X in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. getty Researchers throughout the world have expressed concern about a mysterious disease that has killed scores of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The disease, currently referred to as Disease X by the African Centers for Disease Control and…
Another monkey died at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens on Saturday, taking the total to 10 amid an outbreak of an infectious disease. Authorities said the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department would conduct a necropsy to determine whether the cause of death of the common squirrel monkey was the same as earlier cases….
Hong Kong’s health minister, Lo Chung-mau, has urged residents to be careful when handling freshwater fish after 27 people were infected with the potentially deadly Group B Streptococcus. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said the cause of the infection was related to handling and contact with raw freshwater fish. Hong Kong experienced a similar…