27 Apr 2013

The latest bad news in the hunt for an Aids vaccine: the US government has halted a large study, saying the experimental shots are not preventing HIV infection. Nor did the shots reduce the amount...

3:13AM
24 May 2012

A rare eye infection 40 boys suffered while in Singapore for a rugby tournament is resistant to drugs and can cause blindness if not treated properly, doctors say.

The parasite...

3:40PM
10 Dec 2010

John Moore's retained jockey, Darren Beadman, yesterday abandoned 2009 Hong Kong Sprint runner-up One World and switched to unheralded Let Me Fight after an injury cloud appeared over the...

7:10AM
25 Feb 2009

Queen Mary Hospital's bone marrow transplant unit will reopen today to take new patients, after closing about two weeks ago because of a rare fungal infection that killed a six-year-old leukaemia...

12:56PM
13 Feb 2009

Health authorities are investigating the death of a leukaemia patient who could have succumbed to a rare fungal infection that has struck several patients at Queen Mary Hospital, where it has...

5:48AM
26 Oct 2007

Private hospitals have been urged to strike a better balance between the need for mother-baby contact and preventing infection after doubts were raised over the long-standing practice of keeping...

8:57AM

The Centre for Health Protection warned people to guard against enterovirus 71 (EV 71) after a nine-month-old was confirmed to have the disease. The girl was admitted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital...

3:01PM

A 59-year-old Chinese herbs dealer was yesterday confirmed to have the pig-borne Streptococcus suis infection, the fifth case this year.


The man was in stable condition at North...

3:17AM

When adventure racer Ryan Blair reaches the roof of the world in the European Alps next weekend, he will have climbed more than a mountain. Fifteen months ago, the 33-year-old American suffered a...

12:26AM

The infection rate of the most common food-borne parasitic disease on the mainland has increased by 75 per cent since 1990, according to a nationwide survey.

9:57PM

Staying healthy


A balanced diet, regular exercise and sufficient rest are the basis of a strong immune system.


Boost your immunity with supplements, such as omega-3...

11:23PM

The elderly gentleman Chan Yat-biu who lost his companion monkey Kam Ying has every reason to be sad and melancholic.


It is also understandable that the public has reacted very...

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