The Brazilian Agriculture Ministry updated on Tuesday the list of countries that have placed restrictions on chicken trade ...

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains ...

A top Beijing official overseeing Hong Kong affairs has warned of persisting threats in the city as a China-imposed national security law approaches its fifth anniversary ...

Dubbed 'Nimbus', the strain is descended from the already super virulent Omicron and has already triggered a surge in cases in China, Singapore and Hong Kong ... other respiratory viruses such as flu, ...

A respiratory medicine specialist in Hong Kong has urged the public to prioritize flu vaccinations before traveling, following the death of Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu. ... Leung noted that many Hong ...

An infectious disease expert on Saturday warned that Hong Kong could be hit by a double whammy in which its peak influenza seasons are dominated by two flu virus strains - one after another this year.

Scientists have tracked the bird flu virus with both vigilance and dread, watching it defy dogma again and again. ... 17 other children in Hong Kong contracted the virus and five more died.

Hong Kong health authorities have urgently appealed to the public to take flu shots following the death of a third child from the virus this year, warning that more severe cases of respiratory ...

A low vaccination rate might have prolonged the flu season in Hong Kong as poor herd immunity allows a different strain of the virus to dominate, medical experts have said after health authorities ...

A man in Hong Kong has reportedly caught the zoonotic disease. About 50 cases - of which 21 fatal - have been recorded since the disease was discovered in 1932. A rare human case of B virus, also ...

What is known about the B virus case in Hong Kong? A 37-year-old man was reported to have been attacked and injured by monkeys at Hong Kong’s Kam Shan Country Park, also locally known as Monkey ...