Animal Virology

29 Sep 2012

A Sars-like respiratory virus that has emerged in the Middle East is closely related to two bat viruses found a few years ago in Hong Kong, a university don says.

Hong Kong labs will be able to diagnose Sars-like virus in two days

28 Sep 2012

The city's laboratories will be able to diagnose cases of a new virus within 48 hours after details of its DNA sequence were released, health officials said yesterday, adding that they hoped to...

Deadly virus won't spark Hong Kong Sars epidemic, scientists say

27 Sep 2012

The coronavirus that has recently emerged in the Middle East and killed one person has been confirmed as a different bug from the one that caused the deadly Sars epidemic in 2003.

Shutting schools conquered swine flu

7 Aug 2012

More than half of the victims of a swine flu pandemic three years ago were school children and school closures proved to be a practical way to slow the spread of the disease, a study has found....

Guangdong official back-pedals on bird-flu death

2 Jan 2012

Guangdong authorities said yesterday they were unsure whether the death of a bird flu victim in Shenzhen was related to migratory birds, changing their tone a day after they described a wetland...

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Lab tests can miss bird flu, expert warns

Lingering bird flu infections in recovering patients could be missed by laboratory tests, leaving the patients vulnerable and a potential source of infection in the community, a microbiologist...

Dogs are long-sighted, but birds can spot the details

If you have had your pet for a while, you probably know its personality and how it's feeling. But do you know how well your companion sees its environment?

Margaret Chan - Director-general, World Health Organisation

Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun is all too aware that the world can't be changed overnight.

Another week's wait for Nipah virus test results

Connections of top-flight gallopers Sacred Kingdom and California Memory may have to wait another week for definitive Nipah virus test results before they know when their horses will be able to...

Three more elderly patients die of swine flu

Three more elderly people died of swine flu yesterday, the highest daily toll of the outbreak, bringing the number of fatalities since late December to 17.

Swine flu patient, 61, dies

A 61-year-old swine flu patient died in Princess Margaret Hospital on Saturday. The man, with a history of chronic disease, was admitted with flu symptoms on Friday, the Centre for Health...