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1. Cold blows in with added complications

   Posted Nov 22nd 2009, 12:00am by Alan Alanson

   ... Microbiology Alan Alanson All of a sudden it is cold in Hong Kong. I suppose this happens every year, but it always catches me by surprise. Not long ago, I'm sure I was sweating my way through the streets of Central. Now I'm afraid to go into the bathroom lest my feet snap freeze to the floor. And almost as suddenly, I have the flu. This also happens about once ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/699043/cold-blows-added-complications
2. In Brief

   Posted Aug 20th 2009, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Microbiology Height of towers may be reduced Greg Wong Chak-yan, a civil engineer who chairs the Harbourfront Enhancement Committee task force advising the government on planning the new Central waterfront, said on a radio programme that the administration was considering cutting the two planned commercial buildings in front of Two IFC to about four to five storeys from 18 and 30 ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/690167/brief
3. How swine flu arrived on the mainland

   Posted May 12th 2009, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Microbiology Zhuang Pinghui The details of how the mainland's first confirmed case of swine flu was reported and diagnosed emerged yesterday, as the authorities emphasised the importance of strict border controls. The 30-year-old student from the University of Missouri, identified only by his family name of Bao, did not show any flu symptoms when he arrived in Beijing ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/679983/how-swine-flu-arrived-mainland
4. Business community left feeling the heat

   Posted May 01st 2009, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Microbiology Staff Reporters Swine flu has yet to reach Hong Kong but already the disease is having a wide impact on the business community - from banks to new share sales to home purchases. Chaoda Modern Agriculture, the mainland's biggest vegetable grower, has scrapped a proposed share sale that would help it raise funds for refinancing, saying the negative market ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/678699/business-community-left-feeling-heat
5. Islanders resist release of 'killer' mosquitoes to fight dengue fever

   Posted Jul 22nd 2008, 12:00am by Baradan Kuppusamy

   ... Microbiology Baradan Kuppusamy in Kuala Lumpur A plan to kill dengue fever-causing female mosquitoes by releasing genetically modified 'warrior' male mosquitoes on a Malaysian island has stalled because of opposition from islanders, nearly all Chinese fishing families. 'What else will the warrior mosquito kill?' said Saw Lek, 67, a retired Chinese school ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/646099/islanders-resist-release-killer-mosquitoes-fight-dengue-fever
6. Food halt confirmed

   Posted Jun 07th 2008, 12:00am by Joyce Man

   ... Microbiology Joyce Man The New Zealand consulate confirmed yesterday that New Zealand had suspended exports of tomatoes and peppers to Hong Kong and other markets after the discovery of a new bacterium in the crops. 'While voluntarily halting exports is a costly exercise, as a responsible primary producer we believe it is essential to do so until more is known,' New ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/640683/food-halt-confirmed
7. Centralised slaughtering still in the works but not for 3 years

   Posted Jun 08th 2008, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Microbiology MaryAnn Benitez and Yau Chui-yan Centralised poultry slaughtering is still in the pipeline but will not be ready for at least three years, Secretary for Food and Health York Chow Yat-ngok said yesterday. 'Segregation of humans from poultry is important to prevent avian flu,' Dr Chow said. 'So whatever happens, that is something we are planning [for] ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/640762/centralised-slaughtering-still-works-not-3-years
8. Health chiefs on alert for new superbugs

   Posted Aug 20th 2010, 12:00am by Patsy Moy

   ... Health Microbiology Patsy Moy Health authorities are on full alert for new strains of drug-resistant superbugs in expectation of more cases in the city. The Centre for Health Protection will remind all public hospitals to test suspected cases of the New Delhi-Metallo-1 (NDM-1) gene and to immediately report to the centre if they are confirmed. The recently discovered gene can jump ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/722621/health-chiefs-alert-new-superbugs
9. Delay in antivirals can prove fatal

   Posted Dec 22nd 2009, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... they had recovered, we are uncertain how much of their lung function had been damaged,' said Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, head of the university's microbiology department, who led the study. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/701913/delay-antivirals-can-prove-fatal
10. Mysterious outbreak paralyses Japan

    Posted Nov 11th 2009, 12:00am by Sunny Tse

    ... Health Microbiology Sunny Tse In the latest Japanese movie Pandemic, a mysterious, flu-like disease puts the future of the human race at risk. The timing is just right as the world is battling a swine flu outbreak which has killed hundreds of people. The movie, inspired by the 2003 Sars epidemic, stars heart-throb Satoshi Tsumabuki. He plays Dr Tsuyoshi Matsuoka, who works ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/697906/mysterious-outbreak-paralyses-japan

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