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The Chinese wedding banquet was held at the upscale New World Millennium Hong Kong Hotel. File photo: Shutterstock
Accidents and personal safety

Suckling pig blamed for leaving 31 ill after Hong Kong wedding banquet

Twenty men and 11 women developed abdominal pain and diarrhoea after attending Chinese wedding banquet at hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui.

Britain

Sophie Kinsella, Shopaholic author, dies at 55 from brain cancer

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong shuts Tsing Yi hiking trails amid links to 5 local chikungunya cases

Wellness

Health benefits of mugwort and its role in TCM and Japanese herbal medicine

Mugwort is an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory herb with warming properties, used in East Asian traditional medicine and modern spas.

A compress with dried mugwort leaves is applied to the head, shoulders and neck during a soothing massage at the Ritz-Carlton in Okinawa, Japan. Photo: ritzcarlton.com
Britain

New mpox strain found in UK after travel to Asia

New recombinant mpox strain raises concerns over global spread and viral evolution.

Trending in China

China boy in blackboard plea for used bottle donations to fund sick mum’s treatment

Enterprising pupil finds novel way to help ease debt-ridden family’s financial pain; tells classmates he will not accept cash donations.

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Science

Chinese scientists develop promising stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s

New biotech allows ‘seeds’ planted in the brain to differentiate into new nerve cells, reshaping its neural network.

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Chinese medical experts have created an ultra-efficient stem cell treatment for Parkinson’s disease that has achieved remarkable results in clinical trials. Picture: Shutterstock Images
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong confirms 10th locally acquired case of chikungunya fever

A 67-year-old woman confirmed as the latest case after hiking in Tsing Yi, the Centre for Health Protection says.

Wellness

Explainer | On the verge of a breakdown, new mother discovers what stress really is

A battle with cancer, a new baby and an alcoholic husband tested high-flying executive Asha’s ability to cope with stress.

United States

US vaccine advisers say not all newborns need hepatitis B shot

Scrapping the recommendation for vaccination at birth will reverse decades of public health gains, disease experts say.

Protesters rally outside CDC headquarter during a meeting of the vaccine committee in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday. Photo: AFP
Science

United we stand: why mammals that band together may face lower cancer risks

In cooperative societies – like elephants or whales – natural selection seems to favour genetic mechanisms that suppress cancer, study says.

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Elephants, despite their massive size and long lifespans, have evolved powerful cancer defences in the form of 19 extra copies of the tumour-suppressor gene TP53. Photo: AFP
Spain

Suspected swine fever cases rise as Spain struggles to limit damage to exports

Two cases and 12 possible infections reported as the European Union’s top pork producer scrambles to limit economic impact.

Trending in China

China hotel guest dies after staff failed to deliver medicine, triggers liability debate

Front desk hold on to heart disease sufferer’s crucial medicine for hours after friend delivered it to them; dead man’s family blames hotel.

Spain

Spain stops pork exports to China after African swine flu cases

Pork farms within a 20km radius of where two boar died, in the nation that is the EU’s leading pork producer, will face restrictions.

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Billions of animals, including pigs, are reared and eaten around the world each year. Photo: Reuters
Wellness

Why this Aids charity’s Hong Kong art show smells of resilience

Aids Concern’s ‘Emanate’ exhibition features art and fragrances created by people affected by HIV and Aids that tell their stories.

Tea Arts, Network, by King Nam, is one of the pieces on show at Aids Concern’s new exhibition “Emanate”, which is taking place at Wyndham Social in Hong Kong’s Central neighbourhood until December 7. Photo: Aids Concern
Wellness

Explainer | What is MASLD? Most common chronic liver disease affects up to 40% of adults

Previously known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, MASLD is trending upwards as obesity levels rise, but it can affect lean people too.

Bird flu viruses

Bird flu could risk pandemic ‘worse than Covid’ if it mutates

French institute warns that a bird flu pandemic could be severe, and affect healthy people, including children.

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Indonesia

Jakarta bans dog and cat meat sales to curb rabies, in win for animal rights

Indonesia’s capital prohibits meat consumption of the animals, challenging a cultural delicacy and cheap protein source for some.

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Dogs in a cage at a slaughterhouse in Tomohon, North Sulawesi, Indonesia in 2023. Photo: AP
Britain

Ex-UK PM Cameron urges prostate cancer screening after diagnosis

The former PM calls for targeted screening to save lives from prostate cancer, the UK’s most common male cancer with 55,000 annual cases.

Wellness

He can’t remember his son’s wedding. The cause? A rare autoimmune disease

Autoimmune encephalitis stole years of father Christy Morrill’s memories and can lead to psychosis. But it is being caught early more often.

Coronavirus pandemic: All stories

‘Too little, too late’: former UK government slammed for initial Covid response

Inquiry concludes the failure to implement restrictions a week earlier led to one of Europe’s deadliest outbreaks.

The National Covid Memorial Wall in London. Photo: EPA
Trending in China

Sick China teenager draws train to university as self-encouragement but dies

Throughout his ordeal, dad says son demonstrated remarkable strength, never shedding a tear, maintaining resilience to the very end.

A teenage boy from Anhui in eastern China died shortly after receiving his university admission letter. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo
Indonesia

In Indonesia, US and Canada, ‘online hoaxes’ fuel measles deaths

With over 3,400 confirmed cases and more than 20 child deaths, Indonesia’s outbreaks reflect immunisation gaps and growing vaccine hesitancy.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Chikungunya may be spreading silently in Hong Kong, expert says after fourth case

‘This latest case, I believe, highlights that we have some silent transmission chains in Hong Kong,’ expert says.

Wellness

Why does this influencer celebrate her diabetes? To help inspire others

A woman with type 1 diabetes on living ‘a fabulous life’ with the disease, plus a look at wellness resorts catering to people with diabetes.

Michelle Hale wears her glucose monitor on her bare arm, helping to break the stigma surrounding the use of such wearable medical devices. Photo: Michelle Hale
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Fourth local Hong Kong chikungunya case ‘may be linked to new infection source’

Medical expert says case is likely to represent ‘new source of infection not linked to previous three local cases’.

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Staff from the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department carry out mosquito control works. Photo: Karma Lo
Wellness

She loved designer handbags. Fighting cancer taught her ‘health is wealth’

Surviving Hodgkin’s lymphoma led Katy Tong to find joy in experiences rather than things. Now she uses sailing to help others ‘move forward’.

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Wellness

Hong Kong Cancer Fund’s CheckMate scheme wants men to ‘check them’ and talk

The initiative launched this Movember promotes pre-emptive checks for and dialogue about male-specific cancers affecting thousands each year.

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