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‘Absolutely impossible’: how China created super steel for nuclear fusion

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CHSN01 (China high-strength low-temperature steel No 1) solves a critical bottleneck for fusion energy and puts China at a leading position in materials science. Photo: Handout

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Lost China diver survives 5 days underwater, lives on cave fish until rescue

A Chinese man survived five days trapped underwater while diving in a cave by living on raw fish until he was rescued. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin

Military

China’s Fujian carrier conducted catapult take-off drill, CCTV show suggests

A shadow cast on the Fujian’s deck by an airborne J-15T ends a short segment aired as part of five-episode CCTV military series Forging Ahead. Photo: CCTV

Science

Chinese scientists create a ‘storm eye’ for PLA forces in electronic warfare

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Chinese scientists say they can create a a zone of electromagnetic calm, similar to the eye of a storm at the heart of an intense signal jamming environment. It can allow PLA forces in electronic warfare to protect their own troops and allies from signal jamming while disabling enemy communication. Photo: Shutterstock

People & Culture

China shop boss keeps store lights on for 13 years, aids women coming home late

A grocery shop owner in China has kept her outlet’s lights on at night for 13 years to help a woman get home safely after working late. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo
An expert has said that the most effective prevention against the disease is to avoid bites from mosquitoes and curb their breeding. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

‘Mosquito control key to preventing chikungunya as vaccine not yet approved’

World Health Organization, experts still conducting research on safety and efficacy of chikungunya fever jab, senior medical officer says.

Wellness

Brain scan predicts dementia risk by reading brain’s ‘hidden ageing clock’

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Health in China

Guangdong pledges ‘decisive’ steps to stop chikungunya fever spreading in China

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong steps up mosquito control measures after chikungunya fever case found

Estate residents ramp up precautions against mosquitoes while authorities set more traps and strengthen disinfection, among other measures.

Hygiene authorities carry out mosquito control measures near On Tat Estate. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Explainer | How can you protect yourself if Hong Kong has chikungunya fever outbreak?

Hong Kong has confirmed its first imported case of chikungunya fever since 2019, so should you worry about a local outbreak?

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hongkongers with lung cancer risk urged to test after actor Will Or’s diagnosis

Health experts reveal most lung adenocarcinoma patients discover condition at advanced stages as symptoms tend to show up later.

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Health in China

Vice-premier urges south China’s Foshan to stamp out chikungunya as cases rise

Vice-Premier Liu Guozhong calls on manufacturing hub in southern Guangdong province to strictly follow ‘port health quarantine measures’.

A worker sprays insecticide in Foshan, Guangdong province, on July 25 as part of a drive to eliminate mosquitoes. Photo: Xinhua
United States

Explainer | What you should know about chikungunya fever as cases rise in China

Outbreak of mosquito-borne disease in Guangdong province prompts US to upgrade travel warning.

Trending in China

China courier puts sick daughter in delivery box at work to save on childcare

Outpouring of online sympathy for mother whose 4-year-old daughter with tumour even presses lift buttons on way to and from deliveries.

United States

Explainer | What is this brain injury that the New York shooter said he had?

‘Study my brain,’ the shooter said in a note found in his wallet that claimed he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

Shane Tamura is seen in a surveillance video outside the NFL office building on Monday. Photo: AP
United States

Parents call for warnings after brain-eating amoeba killed their son

Jaysen Carr, 12, died a week after a trip to a North Carolina lake where a water-based amoeba entered his brain through his nose.

Lake Murray in South Carolina. Photo: AP
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hongkonger suffers cardiac arrest after nurse ‘fails to switch on ventilator’

Queen Mary Hospital rejects claim that patient fell into coma, but source accuses authorities of downplaying seriousness of incident.

Wellness

Will your child become obese as an adult? New tool can help predict

Scientists have developed a tool that can measure a child’s risk of becoming obese in later life, opening the door to earlier support.

China manufacturing

China approving innovative drugs at record pace, shifting momentum from West

‘If we’re not careful, every drug could be made in China,’ warned former head of US Food and Drug Administration in May.

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Employees package medicine at a pharmaceutical company in China’s Shaanxi province. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Stay alert for chikungunya fever threat, leading expert tells Hongkongers

‘Any chikungunya virus outbreak could be major because we have no immunity, so we should not take it lightly,’ expert Yuen Kwok-yung warns.

Chikungunya fever is spread through mosquito bites. Photo: Reuters
Indonesia

Rabies fears rise in Bali as tourist hotspots declared ‘red zones’

Officials say the recorded number of dog bites in the affected areas remains low but the risk of the disease spreading is still high.

Donald Trump

Trump diagnosed with vein disease after being examined for swelling, bruises

The US president has ‘chronic venous insufficiency’, a condition common in people over 70, his doctor says.

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Science

How does space affect the mind? China sends ‘mini-brain’ to Tiangong to find out

Experiment appears to be the first in space involving a highly integrated chip containing human brain cells and blood vessels.

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The experiment was launched on the Tianzhou-9 cargo spacecraft, which blasted off from a site in southern China on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong private patients to pay HK$7,000 for Covid drugs as free supply ends

Centre for Health Protection says Covid activity has declined in city, but some doctors warn move may place burden on public healthcare.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong at risk of imported cases of mosquito-borne Chikungunya fever: experts

Warning follows outbreak in Guangdong, with expert saying disease could potentially be carried by some insects in Hong Kong.

Wellness

No statins: how 56-year-old reversed heart disease with a plant-based diet

Lauren Bernick adopted a vegan diet after being diagnosed with coronary artery disease at 46. A decade on, she’s thriving without statins.

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Lauren Bernick, a 56-year-old mother of three with a family history of heart disease, was diagnosed with coronary artery disease 10 years ago. After a decade of veganism and regular exercise, she feels healthy and safe. Photo: Lauren Bernick
Trending in China

China worker gets chest pain, refuses op, doctor pays US$4,200 for treatment

Migrant factory worker with no relevant medical insurance tells doctors, ‘if I die, it is fine’, says he just wants to ‘go home’.

A factory worker in China who suffered severe, and potentially deadly, chest and back pain refused surgery until an attending doctor stepped in to pay US$4,200 for his treatment. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin
Wellness

Blood tests that find cancer DNA can lead to early treatment, saving lives

A study shows that ctDNA tests can detect tumours up to three years before before traditional testing methods would have picked them up.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

HKU launches clinical trial in Hong Kong to treat chronic hepatitis B patients

Existing medication only suppresses virus and has to be taken for decades, researcher says.

Trending in China

China cross-dresser secretly films sex with hundreds of men, sparks health fears

Middle-aged man wears wigs, make-up, dresses to trick victims into intimate relations, posts videos of sexual interactions online.

A cross-dressing man in China who secretly filmed his sexual encounters with nearly 1,700 men has sparked serious public health concerns. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo/Douyin
Science

Top Chinese oncologist and director of Jilin Cancer Hospital, Cheng Ying, dies

Cheng was a pioneer in clinical trials for tumour diseases, especially small-cell lung carcinoma.

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In her career oncologist and Jilin Cancer Hospital diector Cheng Ying received the Chinese Physician Award and named Outstanding Hospital President. Photo: Handout
Science

Neurobiologist Wang Jing leaves US to lead institute at China’s Shenzhen Bay Lab

Wang leaves University of California San Diego after 20 years to become director of the laboratory’s Institute of Molecular Physiology.

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Wellness

How to save your own life after cancer? Exercise, a survivor explains

Mountaineer Petra Thaller, who survived breast cancer, leaned on exercise to thrive in recovery and set up an NGO to help others do the same.

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