Topic: Hong Kong
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China may have unwittingly introduced swine flu viruses when it imported pigs from Europe and North America for breeding over the past few decades, researchers said.Three virus families are endemic in pigs in southern China and one of ...
At least 12 people have died from swine flu in Hong Kong in less than a month, the territory's health authority said on Thursday, after the latest death from the disease.A spokeswoman for the health authority said one elderly person had died ...
A man has died in Hong Kong after contracting swine flu, health authorities said Monday, a year-and-a-half after an outbreak of the disease killed 80 people in the city.Hong Kong's Hospital Authority said a total of 37 people were being treated for ...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Patients who fell severely ill with the pandemic H1N1 flu responded well when treated with antibodies harvested from survivors of the disease, a study in Hong Kong has found.The finding, published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, underlines ...
The first 2 sentences of this article are "Hong Kong quarantined hundreds of hotel guests and workers Friday after a tourist from Mexico tested positive for swine flu, Asia's first confirmed case of the disease. (Merely) HOURS LATER, South Korean health authorities ...
SWINE FLUThere were 301 new cases reported on Thursday, bringing Hong Kong's total number of confirmed swine flu infections to 8201. "No takers to swine flu vaccine; high-risk groups face flu peak without shots""Hong Kong is unlikely to have swine flu vaccines ...
"Thousands mark Tianmen crackdown"People shouted "Donald Tsang doesn't represent me" which is true because again Donald Tsang appears to be more Chinese than the Chinese government officials born on the mainland. Tsang is under the impression that Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao ...
"New admission policy to reduce burden on system"According to the SCMP, " So, we don't want to overreact.According to Yuen Kwok-Yung, a microbiologist at the University of Hong Kong, "..the flu outbreak in Hong Kong WAS MORE SERIOUS THAN IT MAY HAVE ...
"Stanley Ho in intensive care after brain surgery; family at bedside; shares fall on gaming mogul's health FEARS" This is the first strike in the SCMP against Donald Tsang who keeps saying that "When the dust settles Hong Kong will be the ...
The title of a recently released ABC News article is " Many people get sick, but CANNOT AFFORD TO take a day off to recuperate. This is the sad truth/reality for many.This opinion is shared/echoed by Marc Rodwin, author of "Medicine, Money ...