Bird flu. With that diagnosis in mind, one of Russo’s colleagues tried to get some bovine samples tested for H5N1, but the ...

In fact, when scientists in the 1900s were looking for the cause of a similar disease, they came to Hong Kong as part of their ... world war came the Spanish flu. It did not actually come from ...

Pandemic influenza remains a significant global health threat, as signalled by the circulation and cross-species transmission of avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses from the clade 2.3.4.4b, including ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The son of prominent Hong Kong former publisher Jimmy Lai, who is facing possible life imprisonment in the Chinese city, called Tuesday for his father’s release in a high ...

HONG KONG (AP) — A social worker who tried to mediate during the height of the 2019 anti-government protests in Hong Kong was convicted of rioting Tuesday in the latest case that signaled the ...

Hong Kong has a free market economy, highly dependent on international trade and finance - the value of goods and services trade, including the sizable share of reexports, is about four times GDP.

The 2019 protests were sparked by a proposed extradition law that would have allowed criminal suspects in Hong Kong to be sent to the mainland for trial. The government withdrew the bill, but the ...

Pak Tin Estate in Beacon Hill, Kowloon. Rents in Hong Kong rose to a five-and-a-half-year high in February. Photo: Eugene Lee ...

Hong Kong’s homebuyers are likely to snap up 2,500 new flats in March, on track to deliver the best sales month in a year to developers, as a stock market rally and a cut in stamp duty spurred ...

HONG KONG (AP) — An unannounced trip by former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to Hong Kong set off speculations on Sunday that he may be trying to evade a possible arrest warrant by the ...

Mar. 7, 2025 — Recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (also known as bird flu) have created a need for rapid and sensitive detection methods to mitigate its spread. Now ...

Feb. 26, 2025 — Pre-existing immunity against seasonal H1N1 flu might help explain why most reported human cases of H5N1 bird flu in the U.S. have not resulted in ... Backyard Poultry Face Bird ...