An inquest has heard how Bethan Amy James, the daughter of former England cricketer Steve James, was ‘dismissed’ by doctors before she died just 48 hours after being taken to hospital. Bethan Amy James died aged 21 just 48 hours after being taken to hospital(Image: Facebook) The 21-year-old daughter of a former cricket star tragically…
Pope Francis, who remains hospitalized, has bilateral pneumonia, the Vatican said on Tuesday. The term simply means pneumonia in both lungs, said Dr. James Musser, director of the center for infectious diseases at the Houston Methodist Research Institute. He added that, without examining a patient, he could not say anything specific about his condition. In…
Melioidosis has returned to the public spotlight after health authorities confirmed the disease caused the death of nine monkeys at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens. The disease, caused by the Burkholderia pseudomallei bacterium, is endemic to the city, with a previous outbreak involving dozens of cases in Sham Shui Po in 2022. The…
Another 12 patients suffering from a potentially deadly bacterial infection have tested positive for a strain linked to contact with raw freshwater fish, bringing the most recent cluster in Hong Kong to 91 cases. The Centre for Health Protection said on Friday that it had concluded testing and analysis on freshwater fish and environmental samples…
Another 12 patients suffering from a potentially deadly bacterial infection have tested positive for a strain linked to contact with raw freshwater fish, bringing the most recent cluster in Hong Kong to 91 cases. The Centre for Health Protection said on Friday that it had concluded testing and analysis on freshwater fish and environmental samples…
Hong Kong has recorded one more death and another 30 infections linked to a citywide outbreak of a Group B Streptococcus strain related to contact with raw freshwater fish. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said on Friday that the 30 new cases logged in the past four days involved 16 men and 14 women,…