Hong Kong has recorded 88 flu deaths since the current influenza season began early this month, up by nearly 30 per cent from the 68 fatalities in the same period during last winter’s surge, according to the latest figures released by the Centre for Health Protection. The health minister on Friday urged hospitals and clinics…
Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. This study investigates the viral diversity associated with marine organisms in the South China Sea, to improve understanding of the region’s viral ecosystems. Viruses profoundly influence aquatic ecosystems, by affecting marine biogeochemical cycles and posing threats to marine organisms. Nonetheless, a comprehensive study of marine organisms’ viral…
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…